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WiCyS Ontario Affiliate | Canadian Women in Cybersecurity Conference

Join WiCyS Ontario Affiliate, in collaboration with SiberX, for the Canadian Women in Cybersecurity Conference. The event features the Women in Security Documentary and an opportunity to connect with WiCyS members at their booth. Attendees can engage with the community, learn more about cybersecurity, and receive exclusive event swag.

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37Speakers
14Sponsors
1Exhibitors
17Sessions
50Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at WiCyS, in alphabetical order.

Adriana Gliga-Belavic
Partner, Cybersecurity and Privacy Lead · MNP Digital
AJ Khan
CEO · CloudGRC Inc.
Ali Abbas Hirji
Executive Director · Canadian Centre for Cyber Defence
Ali Shahidi
Director, Cybersecurity and IT Risk · Infrastructure Ontario
Ameen Saghattchi
Account Executive · Armis
Amit Maraj
Researcher / Principal Investigator · AI Hub
Amit Meltzer
Cyber Security Specialist · Matrix IFS
Ana Andreasian
Director · Women's College Hospital
Andrea Gorog
Global Security and Risk Executive, fmr Diplomat
Bob Gordon
Strategic Advisor · Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange
Bonnie Butlin
Co-Founder and Executive Director · Security Partners’ Forum (SPF)
Cal Al-Dhubaib
Principal Technologist, Cloud & AI · Rubrik
Carl Hayes
Partner and Vice President of Business Development · Stratejm
Cat Coode
Privacy and Data Strategist · Binary Tattoo
Chris Roberts
Deepfake Cyber Strategist · World Wide Technology
Daniela Spagnolo
CISO · Government of Ontario
David Girard
Sr. Director AI Security & AI Alliances · TrendAI
Dr. Ali Dehghantanha
Full Professor & Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence · University of Guelph
Emerson Rajaram
CISO & Corporate Director of Technology · Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health
Fareed Cheema
Global Head of Sales Engineering · Torq
James Coates
Enterprise Account Executive · Verkada
Jennifer Hutton
VP, IT & Risk | Chief Privacy Officer · Steele Auto Group

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

AWS
Black Kite
Cortex
Fortinet
Huawei
IBM
Intel
Kaspersky
Microsoft Security
Palo Alto Networks
Recorded Future
Semperis
Trend Micro
Zscaler

Agenda

Selected from 17 sessions.

  • May 25, 2026 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

    Secure Your AI Future: End-to-End Protection

    A session on how the Wiz AI Security Platform provides comprehensive protection for AI applications, from code to runtime, including full-stack AI visibility and proactive risk man…

  • May 25, 2026 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

    Synthetic Reality: AI Isn’t Destroying Humanity, It’s Destroying Trust

    A thought-provoking session that explores the emerging crisis of trust in the age of AI deepfakes and synthetic identity. Through live demonstrations of voice cloning and AI-genera…

  • May 25, 2026 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

    The Single-View Revolution: Why AI-Integrated Platforms are the Last Systems You’ll Ever Buy

    An interactive session with Verkada to see how Agentic AI moves you away from passive recording and into a world where one can simply "ask" your building what happened. Demonstrati…

  • May 25, 2026 1:05 PM - 1:45 PM

    Firing the Frontline: Why AI-Driven Tech Layoffs are the Biggest Intelligence Leak in Canadian History

    Explores how deepfakes and synthetic identities are reshaping fraud, espionage, and disinformation, and the need for digital authenticity.

  • May 25, 2026 11:15 AM - 11:35 AM

    AI Adoption Through the Human Lens

    A fireside chat about workforce anxiety and trust as organizations integrate AI, and how leaders can address this while responsibly adopting AI.

  • May 25, 2026 11:15 AM - 11:35 AM

    AI Agents & Static Long Standing Permissions

    Explores how organizations can establish robust identity frameworks for AI agents - covering provisioning, authentication, authorization, and lifecycle management, as well as the r…

  • May 25, 2026 11:50 AM - 12:10 PM

    Exposure Management in The Age of Frontier AI Models

    Discussion of how models like Mythos have upended vulnerability discovery, and how CISOs and policymakers should adapt exposure management for autonomous AI agents and dramatic gro…

  • May 25, 2026 11:50 AM - 12:10 PM

    The 22-Second Problem: What Mythos, Vibe Coding & AI Discovery Demands of the Enterprise

    The cybersecurity landscape has shifted with frontier AI models rapidly discovering vulnerabilities faster than ever before, challenging existing vulnerability management programs.…

  • May 25, 2026 1:45 PM - 2:25 PM

    Navigating the Dark Side: AI in Cybercrime & Ethical Dilemmas

    How AI empowers criminals in generating scams, malware, and automating attacks, and what defenders must do to counter these new threats.

Company intelligence

An audience of 50 companies, parsed from the program.

50 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
14Sponsoringsponsor only
1Exhibitingexhibitor only
35Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

57% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1027%
  • Founder / Owner38%
  • VP-level13%
  • Director / Head of719%
  • Manager / Lead38%
  • Engineer · IC38%
  • Research / Science25%
  • Advisor / Investor13%
  • Other roles719%

Of 37 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1AWSSponsor-
2Black KiteSponsor-
3CortexSponsor-
4FortinetSponsor-
5HuaweiSponsor-
6IBMSponsor-
7IntelSponsor-
8KasperskySponsor-
9Microsoft SecuritySponsor-
10Palo Alto NetworksSponsor-
11Recorded FutureSponsor-
12SemperisSponsor-
13Trend MicroSponsor-
14ZscalerSponsor-
Sponsors by tier
unspecified14
100% of 14
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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