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Vous envisagez une carrière en cybersécurité?

Dans le cadre des célébrations du 25e anniversaire d’OWASP Ottawa, les étudiantes et étudiants sont invités à rencontrer individuellement des professionnelles et professionnels de la cybersécurité afin d’en apprendre davantage sur les carrières du secteur.

Que vous soyez en train d’explorer vos options, de vous préparer à un stage ou de chercher des conseils auprès de personnes travaillant dans l’industrie, ces séances de mentorat informelles sont l’occasion de poser vos questions, d’obtenir des conseils de carrière et de découvrir des parcours professionnels de première main.

Les mentores et mentors proviennent de divers horizons et niveaux d’expérience et peuvent partager leur perspective sur des sujets tels que les études, la recherche d’emploi, le perfectionnement professionnel et la réalité du travail en cybersécurité au quotidien.

Pour réserver une rencontre, consultez les profils des mentors et mentores ci-dessous et communiquez directement par courriel avec les personnes que vous souhaitez rencontrer afin de convenir d’une heure de rencontre pendant l’événement.

Les rencontres seront attribuées selon le principe du premier arrivé, premier servi.

Mentores et mentors

Garth Boyd

Garth Boyd

Security Architect, Devious Plan

Langue : Anglais

Senior Application Security/Cloud Security Architect specializing in Secure Software Architecture and Ethical Hacking with experience supporting development organizations wishing a designer, creator, and breaker to help them on their security path. Founder of DeviousPlan, a boutique security firm specializing in Security Architecture, Threat Modelling, Securing the public cloud, Security Training, and Penetration Testing. A lifelong learner who enjoys crafting solutions to interesting and tough problems through architecture, threat modelling, mitigation design, and penetration testing. Researching new ideas, troubleshooting, communication, and thinking of six impossible things before breakfast are part of the journey.

Demander une séance de mentorat avec Garth.

Abigail Dubiniecki

Abigail Dubiniecki

Privacy Consultant and Data Strategist, LegallyAbigail Data Strategist (dba)

Langues : Français, anglais

I am a privacy lawyer, speaker, writer & consultant who’s passionate about Privacy by Design, privtech, Data Justice & Indigenous Data Sovereignty, and disinformation, especially in relation to areas such as biotech, AI, and adtech. I help clients from startups to global multinationals across industries navigate complex privacy regimes like the GDPR, Quebec’s Law 25 & the EU AI Act, with a focus on human-centred design.

In addition to developing over 200 controls for Privacy by Design (PbD) for AI to assess AI-enabled products and services for PbD certification readiness under ISO 37000-1 PbD Standard, I have been helping clients navigate the privacy risks of working with and developing AI. 

Demander une séance de mentorat avec Abigail.

Magno Logan

Magno Logan

Head of Product Security, Fellow.ai

Langue : Anglais

Magno Logan, Head of Product Security at Fellow.ai, focuses on AppSec reviews, security architecture, and fostering a positive security culture. He contributed to MITRE ATT&CK for Containers, published research on Kubernetes, container, and CI/CD supply-chain attacks, and maintains awesome-k8s-security on GitHub. His recent work focuses on AI security.

He is also a Cyber Training Specialist at the Bank of Canada and an Investor and Advisor at GoHacking, where he has taught more than 35k students. Magno founded Brazil's OWASP Paraíba chapter in 2011 and has spoken at DEF CON, KubeCon, SecTor, NorthSec, Global AppSec, SANS, and BSides.

Demander une séance de mentorat avec Magno.

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Logan MacLaren

Offensive Security Lead, Huntress

Langue : Anglais

Logan is the lead Offensive Security engineer at Huntress where he is responsible for planning and executing red team operations as well as bolstering incident response capability through purple team exercises. He has been a long time enthusiast in the security space, building a career spanning big data analytics, bug bounty, and offensive security.

Demander une séance de mentorat avec Logan.

Harsh Makwana

Harsh Makwana

Security Architect, Morgan Stanley

Langue : Anglais

Harsh Makwana is a security architect and former application security consultant specializing in AI security and offensive security. He holds an MEng from the University of Ottawa and certifications including eWPTXv2 and eJPT. Harsh previously practiced offensive security as part of his appsec work and now focuses on securing systems, early in their design phase, well before they reach production by evaluating real attack surfaces and applying practical, hands‑on security techniques across modern cloud and AI‑driven environments.

Demander une séance de mentorat avec Harsh.

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Warren Moynihan

Penetration Testing Manager, Previously at IBM & Software Secured

Langue : Anglais

Warren has spent over 15 years in the offensive security testing space, from performing hundreds of pen-tests personally to managing large teams of pen-testers at IBM and Software Secured.  He’s worked with dozens of development teams globally to support secure engineering, vulnerability management, threat modelling, and incident response.  He has spent a lot of time mentoring pen-testers of all levels, also working with a variety of people in various other roles.  He enjoys building, optimizing, troubleshooting, and a lot of breaking.  Always curious, he has a passion for security and is a strong privacy advocate.

Demander une séance de mentorat avec Warren.

Louise Powell

Louise Powell

Operations Partner / Senior Penetration Tester, Xanthus Security

Langue: Anglais

Louise is a Partner at a boutique cybersecurity firm in Ottawa, where she works as a Senior Penetration Tester. Over the past seven years, she has worked with government and private-sector clients across financial services, healthcare, and defence, while leading a small team of security professionals.

She specialises in application security and mobile testing, with extensive hands-on experience assessing real-world systems. As a mentor, Louise is particularly passionate about supporting women entering or progressing within cybersecurity, sharing practical advice on building technical confidence, developing offensive security skills, navigating career growth, and finding your place in a still heavily male-dominated industry.

Demander une séance de mentorat avec Louise.

Sunny Verma

Sunny Verma

Ethical Hacker, Packetlabs Ltd.

Langue : Anglais

Sunny Verma is an offensive security practitioner with 5+ years of experience performing penetration testing activities on web applications and networks owned by organizations ranging from SMBs to Fortune-100 companies. In his new role at Payments Canada, he will be helping secure the backbone of Canada's Payment Infrastructure using his offensive security skillset.

Demander une séance de mentorat avec Sunny.

Diane Watson

Diane Watson

Product Security Program Manager, Ribbon Communications

Langue : Anglais

Diane Watson has spent over 20 years in the rooms where telecom, cloud, and cybersecurity meet at Fujitsu, Nokia, and now Ribbon Communications, where she leads product security for customers in banking, government, telecom, and other critical infrastructure as a Product Security Program Manager. She holds an MSc in Computer Science. But ask anyone who's worked with her and they'll tell you the through-line isn't the tech it's the people she's quietly pulling up alongside her.

Demander une séance de mentorat avec Diane.

Pooyan Zamanian

Pooyan Zamanian

Security Architect, Phreesia

Langue : Anglais

Pooyan Zamanian is a Security Architect at Phreesia with over 10 years of experience in application, cloud, and product security. He focuses on helping engineering teams build secure software and cloud environments, with experience across application security, secure SDLC, cloud security, and AI security. He is a CISSP, CASP+, and AWS Certified Security – Specialty. Pooyan enjoys mentoring and sharing practical experiences with students who are interested in building a career in cybersecurity.

Demander une séance de mentorat avec Pooyan.

Accessibilité
Si vous avez besoin d'aménagements particuliers, veuillez contacter l'organisateur de l'événement dès que possible.
Date et heure
17 oct. 2026
9 h à 17 h
Formule et lieu
En personne
Complexe STEM (STM)
Salle 464
Langue
Anglais
Auditoire
Étudiants cycles supérieurs, Étudiants de premier cycle
Organisé par
Faculté de génie
Co-organisateur : OWASP Ottawa

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