About the Speaker
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    Mohsen Azari
    Director of Cyber Defence, goeasy Ltd.

    Mohsen Azari is a Senior Cyber Security leader. He is an advocate of agile cybersecurity program aligning to business missions. He enjoys public speaking and is well-versed in cybersecurity strategy, GenAI governance, DevSecOps, and business resilience. Mohsen has extensive leadership experience in manufacturing, retail and finance. He is currently leading the Cybersecurity practice at goeasy financials overseeing cyber defence portfolio. He graduated from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, and obtained his CISSP, Microsoft Azure, ISACA CISM, and Lean Belt certifications. He is a Gartner Evanta governing body member, as well as an EC-Council and SiberX advisory board member.

    During the past 20 years, Mohsen has worked in various tech and security domains helping people and organizations finding innovative solutions to their business problems. He has led multiple teams of infrastructure, compliance, and security professionals.

    Some highlights of his career include co-authoring first MPAA Anti-Piracy and Security Standard otherwise known as CDSA APCP, achieving PCI/SOC2 compliance with multiple organizations, and building effective cybersecurity awareness and strategy.

    He is a firm believer that dealing with modern security challenges would require fresh thinking and innovation in all facets of technology.