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Toronto CIO Inner Circle

September 28, 2023 | Vantage Venues

September 28, 2023
Vantage Venues

Collaborate with your peers

Join Toronto's top CIOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:

Taking a Proactive Cloud-First Approach to Cybersecurity

Staying Ahead of Cybercriminals in the Changing AI Landscape

Balancing the Need for Security with Need for Data Accessibility

Toronto CIO Governing Body


The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the discussion topics and agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Dave Aeri

Lactalis Canada
VP & Head of Information Technology

Cecilia Carbonelli

Haventree Bank
Senior Executive Information Technology

Roman Coba

Federated Co-op Limited (FCL)
CIO & VP Technology

Jamshid Rezaei

Mitel
EVP & CIO

Melody Wallis

Procter & Gamble Canada
Vice President - Analytics & Insights and Technology - P&G Canada

Agenda


September 28, 2023

4:30pm - 5:30pm  Executive Networking Reception

5:30pm - 6:45pm  Discussion Topics

Challenging the Course – A Proactive Approach to Cybersecurity

Loren Hudziak headshot

Loren Hudziak

Sr Customer Engineer Manager

Google Chrome Enterprise

Medhanie Tekeste headshot

Medhanie Tekeste

Chief Information Officer

Apotex

Mike Baxter headshot

Mike Baxter

CTO & Chief Product Officer

Kijiji

Michael Iseyemi headshot

Michael Iseyemi

VP IT

Gateway Casinos & Entertainment

Daniel Nickle headshot

Daniel Nickle

VP of IT and head of the Office of the CDIO

Magna International

Sadri Osmane headshot

Sadri Osmane

CIO Canada

Organon Pharmaceuticals

Irene Zaguskin headshot

Irene Zaguskin

CIO

PwC Canada

Anca Preda headshot

Anca Preda

VP, Information Technology

Minto Group

John Del Grande headshot

John Del Grande

VP Business Solutions

Ecclesiastical Insurance Office

Cecilia Carbonelli headshot

Cecilia Carbonelli

Senior Executive Information Technology

Haventree Bank

Today’s cybersecurity environment often feels like a race, and the enterprise’s position on the track is constantly shifting from first to last depending on the course they plot for themselves and the cybercriminals’ ability to stay ahead. Historically, the odds have been stacked against IT – the constantly changing landscape, a lack of dedicated resources, and the need for emerging skills are daily battles for the CIO and CISO. AI is rapidly changing the cybersecurity landscape. On the one hand, AI can be used to create powerful new security tools that can help organizations detect and respond to threats more effectively. On the other hand, AI can also be used by malicious actors to create more sophisticated attacks. Though it might feel like a zero-sum game, what if IT proactively took control by implementing cloud-first security approaches? Could these strategies keep the enterprise at the front of the pack?

Join this conversation with your peers to explore how IT could position themselves for success:

Keeping Pace with the Evolving Threat Landscape

  • What are the biggest threats that your organization is facing today, and how are you monitoring the threat landscape?
  • What are your top priorities for cybersecurity? What are your top challenges? How have you seen these goals and challenges shift over the last year?
  • As the enterprise is building complex cloud environments to help the organization be more agile and make decisions faster, how do you balance the need for security with the need for data accessibility and employee productivity?

Taking a Proactive Approach to Cybersecurity

  • How does your organization define proactive security control, and how has this approach helped your organization reduce the risk of cyberattacks?
  • What sort of challenges have you faced internally with securing funding for cybersecurity before an attack occurs? And the challenges when implementing cloud-based security features?
  • When securing funding, how have you justified the costs of proactive security control? What objections have you had to overcome in discussion with the board and leadership?

6:45pm - 7:15pm  Networking Break

7:15pm - 8:30pm  Summary Discussion & Dinner

8:30pm - 9:30pm  Social Hour

We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming in-person gathering


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Location


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Parking Lots Nearby

P1 - 150 KING ST. W

Enter from Pearl Street off of York Street or University. 

P2 - 48 YORK ST.

Enter from the left lane off York Street (one-way northbound).

P3 - 1 UNIVERSITY AVE

Enter from the right lane of University Avenue (southbound) at Front Street. Taken the lane under the “Front St./Eastbound sign and look for the down ramp to the left. After entering, drive to the far end (north) and go to the upper level before parking. The staircase entrance to King Street will bring you to street level right across King Street from the Sun Life Tower.

P4 - 214 ADELAIDE ST. W

Enter from the right lane off Adelaide Street (one-way eastbound). There is an aboveground parking garage on the south side of Adelaide between John Street and Simcoe Street.

P5 - 177 WELLINGTON ST. W

Enter off Wellington Street (one-way westbound) under Roy Thomson Hall. This is the underground parking for Roy Thomson Hall just west of Simcoe Street off Wellington Street. After parking, walk through the Roy Thompson Hall box office onto King Street and follow the signs to the St. Andrew’s subway.

P6 - 154 UNIVERSITY AVE

From right lane of University Avenue southbound, turn right onto Pearl Street. Our look-alike neighbour at 200 King Street West has one level of pay and display parking. We are located across University Avenue in the Sun Life Financial Tower. Space may be limited if arriving after 8am. There are reasonable evening rates.


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