14 October 2021
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month
Internationally recognized, Cyber Security Awareness Month takes place every year in October to inform the public about the importance of cyber security. This year’s theme is “Life Happens Online”. Now more than ever, everyone is connected on the Internet. Whether it is for work, to talk with family and friends,…
6 October 2021
Invitation 2nd Annual Canadian-Dutch Cybersecurity Event 20th Oct
On behalf of the Canadian Embassy in The Netherlands and InnovationQuater, you are invited! On the 20th of October we will host the Second Annual Canadian-Dutch Cybersecurity Webinar & Matchmaking Event. The event will take place virtually between 3 and 5 pm CEST using the REMO…
4 May 2021
400 Participants at the Cybersecurity & Identity Summit
The Cybersecurity & Identity Summit, organized by In-Sec-M, in collaboration with Converge Technology Partners, the Capital Hill Group, the Ottawa Cybersecurity meetup Group, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) and Prompt, comes to an end today, after five days of workshops and networking. Throughout the week, 400 people connected virtually…
2 November 2020
Cybersecurity : Increasingly Critical essential infrastructures
As part of the Rencontres de Génie, Genium 360 presented its third and last webinar on cybersecurity of operational technologies (OT). Xavier Troendle, from Tenable, a company specializing in the development of cybersecurity software for twenty years, drew up an inventory, presented a few use cases, then established the pillars…
26 October 2020
Cybersecurity in Canada: Context and Resources
As part of the Rencontres de Génie, Genium 360 presented its second webinar in a series of three, focusing mainly on the cybersecurity of operational technologies. It was the turn of Véronique Ménard of the Canadian Center for Cyber Security (CCC) to deepen the context of collaboration in cybersecurity in…
23 October 2020
Two Days of Discussions on Cybersecurity
In early October, the annual conference was held to kick off Cyber Security Awareness Month. For the third year, 130 participants attended expert presentations and participated in virtual networking sessions. This edition was presented by Investir Ottawa, the main economic development organization of the national capital, the City of Gatineau,…
21 October 2020
Cybersecurity in the Age of Industry 4.0: Operational Technologies at the Forefront
As part of the Engineering Meetings, Genium 360 presented its first webinar in a series of three, all dedicated to the cyber protection of operational technologies (OT). The guest on October 19, Neila Zerguini, senior cybersecurity director at Deloitte, provided an overview of the challenges facing organizations and proposed several…
20 October 2020
Digital week 2020: Launch of the Quebec Consortium for Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity (CQTNC) project
As part of Digital Week 2020, In-Sec-M, in partnership with the Consulate General of France in Quebec City, presented the panel: Cybersecurity: Spearheading digital transformation strategies? This panel was the opportunity to discuss the role of cybersecurity in the digital transformation strategies of organizations and territories at different scales.
15 October 2020
How to do Business with NATO?
On October 15, In-Sec-M and NATO hosted a virtual presentation for all Canadian companies and organizations to demystify the process of purchasing and acquiring cybersecurity technologies and services. Martin Bedard, Canadian Liaison Officer, NSPA, introduced Virginie Viscardy, a representative from NCIA, NATO’s primary C3 capability and cybersecurity provider, will present the…
2 October 2020
Virtual Workshop – Let’s demystify the NATO IT procurement process
NATO is a formidable market that spends, yearly, billions of dollars in acquisitions of all kinds, including some of the latest cybersecurity technologies. However, it appeared that Canadian IT companies are clearly underrepresented in this gigantic market. When we discuss this with our members at In-Sec-M, we also find out…
6 July 2020
MTL Connect 2020: A Virtual Edition, Real Connections
From October 13 to 18, 2020, MTL connects: Montreal Digital Week will be exclusively online. Organized by Digital Spring, a non-profit organization whose primary mission is to democratize and support digital transformation, publishing has been re-imagined to facilitate networking and the transfer of expertise between participants. “This year, the programming…
10 February 2020
Interoperability: the citizen at the center of service offerings
Pierre A. Roberge, digital identity expert, co-founder of SecureKey and member of In-Sec-M, gave a talk at the Smart Cities, Digital Identities and Cybersecurity workshop on December 17 in Quebec City. Roberge recalled that the adoption of a strong, confidential and interoperable digital identifier is essential both to accelerate digital…
28 January 2020
Big start for the first day of In-Sec-M’s first mission to France!
While the International Cybersecurity Forum (FIC) to which the mission will converge as of today was not yet started, strategic meetings with leading French players in the cybersecurity ecosystem took place all day in Paris. During a morning of presentations and private meetings at the Quebec Government Office in Paris,…
14 January 2020
Digital identity: fundamental to cybersecurity and cyber resilience
Pierre A. Roberge, digital identity expert, co-founder of SecureKey and member of In-Sec-M, gave a talk at the Smart Cities, Digital Identities and Cybersecurity workshop on December 17 in Quebec City. Through an eloquent presentation, Mr. Roberge presented the challenges and solutions to preserve a digital identity. His message…
19 December 2019
A Smart cities, digital identities and cybersecurity workshop
On December 17 in Quebec City, Quebec International, Le Camp and In-Sec-M organized a workshop entitled Smart cities, digital identities and cybersecurity workshop that brought together 80 people. The workshop provided an opportunity to take stock of the situation while looking at cybersecurity needs and solutions that the industry and…
22 November 2019
Economic mission in innovation at the occasion of the International Cybersecurity Forum in France
In-Sec-M and the Ministry of Economy and Innovation of Quebec, in collaboration with the Québec Government Office in Paris, are organizing an economic mission in the cybersecurity sector, which will visit Paris and Lille from January 31, 2020, on the occasion of the International Cyber Security Forum. The International…
7 November 2019
In-Sec-M at the EPIC Summit
Antoine Normand, Chair In-Sec-M & CEO BLueBear, has attended the fourth annual EPIC Summit at Calgary on November 5-6. He animated the round table introduction and he participated at two panels. The first panel, ANTICIPATING THE DARK SIDE OF THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, was presented by Jean…
6 November 2019
In-Sec-M was at ISACA
The Congrès international sur les opportunités et les défis des technologies émergentes (unofficial translation: The International congress on opportunities and challenges for emerging technologies) was organized by ISACA Quebec and was held from October 6 to 9 in Quebec City. Several In-Sec-M members were present, including Nicolas Duguay, our…
5 November 2019
A Bridge towards North Africa for Canada’s Ecosystem
In-Sec-M’s Business Development Director Nicolas Duguay continued his efforts to strengthen the ties underway for the past few months with the North African cybersecurity ecosystem by visiting Casablanca and Rabat, Morocco, at the end of the last October. Indeed, In-Sec-M participated in two important events, AITEX and Futur.e.s in Africa…
6 October 2019
Workshop on the financial sector’s cyber resilience and cybersecurity in Quebec
On October 4, In-Sec-M, in collaboration with the Government of Quebec and its partners, organized a workshop to better understand the issues experienced in cybersecurity and to find the business needs and technical needs related to Canada’s critical infrastructure. More than a hundred participants attended the first workshop we organized…