Larry Carson
Associate Director, Information Security Management, University of British Columbia
Larry Carson is the Associate Director, Information Security Management at UBC and is the subject matter expert for cybersecurity at the university where he focuses on incident response, prevention and policy for the institution. He is a strong believer that cybersecurity is meant to act as an enabler to help facilitate better business processes & competence through properly secured & protected data assets. He sees the future of cybersecurity being tightly intertwined with data science (analytics & SIEM) and threat intelligence. Larry fosters a firm belief that industry standard cybersecurity best practices can be successful in Higher Ed.
Dave Kubert
Chief Information Security Officer, University of Northern British Columbia
Dave is the chief information security officer for the University of Northern British Columbia. He’s spent his career in academia working in Unix systems administration, network engineering, and software development before finally surrendering the last vestiges of his soul and moving into information security. Dave’s professional interests include redefining the role of information security in organizational structures, risk governance, walking a fine line, and being in over his head.
Maleena Singh
Director of Cyber Security, British Columbia Institute of Technology
Robert Ball
Director Information Security, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Zoe Armer
Program Manager - Cybersecurity, UBC
Zoë Armer is the Program Manager, Cybersecurity, at UBC. With over 25 years of IT experience, Zoë has been with UBC since 2012 and in Cybersecurity since 2016.
Zoë’s portfolio covers the “non-tech” side of Cybersecurity, including Program, Project, Portfolio Management for all Cybersecurity Projects at UBC, along with Communications & Engagement. Zoë believes passionately in the people side of cybersecurity, and shifting the culture at UBC to one where cybersecurity hygiene and good practice comes naturally and is seen as everyone’s responsibility.