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The Doctor who hacked medicine
Originally published in the Benoit Desjardins on Healing Healthcare’s Cyber Wounds When Dr. Benoit Desjardins attended...
FACES OF CYBER
Human stories from cybersecurity professionals, leaders, and organizations across Canada.
Cybersecurity doesn’t run on code alone.
IT RUNS ON PEOPLE! Faces of Cyber is a national journey to meet the people who make cybersecurity run in Canada, from Prince George to St. John’s, from Sudbury to Alma to Steinbach.
It’s not about “the most” or “the best.” There are no awards, no rankings, no popularity contests. This is about people, not machines. It’s about the voices on big stages and the quiet guardians in the background. It’s the innovators you’ve heard of and the unsung experts you haven’t, all working to keep our digital world safe.
Cybersecurity doesn’t run on code alone. It runs on people, it’s a network of people, from coast to coast, whose ideas, actions, and commitment keep our digital world running.
* CCN Publishes these articles on the Financial Post as well as simultaneously on our website.
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Rewiring Awareness: Putting People Back at the Heart of Cybersecurity
Francois Guay: Nov 26, 2025
Originally published in the Roberto Ishmael Pennino is challenging the industry to stop talking about code—and start...
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Cybersecurity’s Human Code
Francois Guay: Nov 26, 2025
Originally published in the Enza Alexander on the Next Era of Leadership, Learning, and AI Ethics In a field dominated...
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Off the Rails: Why Cybersecurity Must Rethink Its Future
Francois Guay: Nov 15, 2025
Originally published in the When Michelle Balderson began her career in technology more than 25 years ago,...
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From Code to CISO: How James Cairns Champions People as Cybersecurity’s First Line
Charlie Tsao: Nov 9, 2025
Originally published in the Bow Valley College’s security leader argues Canada’s biggest cyber gap is not technology,...
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Paying It Forward: How TD’s Farzia Khan Turns Cyber Risk into Community Impact
Charlie Tsao: Nov 9, 2025
A self-taught technologist who speaks six languages, Farzia Khan is urging the industry to close the talent gap and...
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William Mailhot's unconventional road from console hacker to security innovator
Francois Guay: Oct 3, 2025
Originally published in the By the time most teens were downloading games, William was rewriting them. What began as an...
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From Finance to the Frontlines of Cybersecurity
Francois Guay: Sep 13, 2025
Originally published in the Mary Carmichael didn’t begin her career in a server room or a tech startup. She began in...
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Collaborative Power in Action: Jennifer Quaid and the Future of Cybersecurity in Canada
Francois Guay: Sep 12, 2025
Originally published in the As Executive Director of the Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange (CCTX), Jennifer Quaid is...
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Darryl Macleod on Cybersecurity, Community, and the Next Evolution of GRC
Francois Guay: Sep 1, 2025
Originally published in the In a world where cyber threats evolve faster than regulations can catch up, Canadian...
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Made for Canada. Denied by the system
Francois Guay: Aug 25, 2025
A cybersecurity engineer’s struggle for a future in Canada On paper, Rafael Arturo Ramirez is the kind of immigrant...