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November 26, 2016
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Securetech 2015 Day Two Luncheon

Introductory Remarks

Christyn Cianfarani

November 26th, Ernst and Young Centre, Ottawa, Ontario

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Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and welcome to our luncheon keynote address for day two of Securetech 2015.

I would like to begin by thanking Paul McCullough of IBM Canada and a member CADSI’s Security Advisory Committee for his ongoing support. Paul has again undertaken the role of emcee for the Securetech conference program making this a great venue for experts to share their knowledge and best practices. Thank you.

L’AICDS a toujours fait de Securetech un point central d’échange de connaissances, de réseautage et de création de liens. Au cours de la dernière année, nous avons pu voir des défis liés à la sécurité encore plus grands et plus nombreux, y compris les attaques terroristes à Beyrouth et à Paris, qui nous rappellent qu’il reste encore beaucoup de travail.

Without innovative technology, new thinking in law enforcement, counter terrorism and public policy, and cutting edge ways to integrate data to better create actionable intelligence, the work becomes that much more difficult.  Add to this our growing use of mobile phones – a staggering 4 billion users forecast and our “growing addiction” to social media.

The future is catching us and we will certainly need new approaches to addressing these complex challenges.

Mais ce n’est que le début. Même si la transition n’est pas terminée, notre conférencier d’aujourd’hui nous permettra de mieux comprendre certains des changements initiaux qui sont apportés aux défis du ministère.

Une fois de plus, j’aimerais remercier nos commanditaires Platine, Stedfast et Logistik, pour leur soutien important en faveur visant à faire de Securetech 2015 une belle réussite.

I will invite Todd Jarand from Stedfast to the podium to introduce our luncheon speaker. Larry Lashkevich from Logistik Unicorp will bring the lunch to a close by thanking our speaker.

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