BSides Toronto 2022

Alan McDermott, Cat Coode, Ken Rayner, Chinmayee Paunikar

Alan McDermott

Alan is a virtual CISO with Fractional CISO working with companies to make better informed decisions around data, technology and business risk. He has held numerous technical and security leadership roles over the course of 20+ years in industry along with multiple degrees and certifications in security, risk and privacy.

Cat Coode

Cat Coode is the founder of Binary Tattoo, with a mission to help safeguard your data and protect your digital identity. Backed by two decades of experience in mobile development and software architecture, as well as a certification in data privacy law, Cat helps individuals and corporations better understand cybersecurity and data privacy. She specializes in Privacy Regulation Compliance and delivering privacy education seminars.

Ken Rayner CIP, Certified Cyber Insurance Specialist

An experienced Executive in the Property Casualty business specializing in Management, Underwriting and Marketing.
Ken is President and Co-Founder of Cyber Insurance Solutions, a multi purpose company dedicated to finding the right solutions for businesses, brokers and SMEs in the area of risk management products, cyber education and cyber loss prevention. Ken has been president of Omega General Insurance and Crum and Forster of Canada.
He has owned and managed his own MGA (CULE) specializing in hospitality insurance and has held key executive positions at Aviva and Continental Insurance, now Northbridge.

Chinmayee Paunikar

Chinmayee helps companies develop and manage their cybersecurity programs. Chinmayee has assisted multiple companies improve their cybersecurity and achieve their compliance goals. She is also creating a training program for Jr. Analysts to help them be successful. Chinmayee is a Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP). Chinmayee received a Master of Science degree in Computer Engineering from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from University of Mumbai.


Sessions

10-08
13:40
25min
Cyber security's new silver bullets - Privacy and Insurance
Alan McDermott, Cat Coode, Ken Rayner, Chinmayee Paunikar

Privacy laws like CCPA, PIPEDA and GDPR are getting teeth. Cyber Insurance is getting more expensive and difficult to get. Are these just more hurdle's for beleaguered security professionals to overcome or will it become the forcing function that finally gets the attention of the C-suite?

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