Annual Cyber Security Event: Your Best Defence Is You (DDN3-E68)

Overview

Delivery method

Online

Duration

2 hours

Audience

All public servants at all levels

Description

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, an internationally recognized campaign that helps people in Canada stay secure online by sharing simple steps to protect themselves, their devices, accounts and personal information. The theme for 2026 is "Your Best Defence Is You," to highlight the important role individuals play in protecting themselves and others from cyber threats.

This timely event will explore how cyber threats are evolving in an AI-powered world, where phishing emails, AI-generated scams, and other sophisticated tactics are making it increasingly difficult to distinguish what is real from what is not. The event will also highlight how public servants specifically can protect the Government of Canada from cyber threats posed by foreign nation-state actors and evolving geopolitical threats, while exploring the impacts of AI on cyber security and how to use it safely and securely.

Participants will learn practical cyber security strategies that can be applied immediately to strengthen their cyber resilience, better protect their data, and understand how everyday actions can make a significant difference in protecting themselves against emerging cyber threats.

Learn more about Cyber Security Awareness Month.

Speakers

• Surdas Mohit, Director, Strategy and Engagement, Canada School of Public Service
• Elissa Allaw, Product Lead, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
• Younis Mohamed, Senior Advisor Cyber Security – Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 
• Felicia Riendeau, Supervisor, Common Criteria Program, Risk Mitigation Programs
• Eric Smith, Acting Director, Cyber Security Architecture and Assurance, Treasury Board of Canada
• Po Tea-Duncan, Chief Information Security Officer of the Government of Canada, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
• Stefan Timotijević, Founder of CyberSensei.ai
• Nadia
• Amanda Reath, Senior Director of Program Management at the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
• Lyall King, Senior Director, Risk Mitigation Programs