A computer lab

uOttawa-IBM Cyber Range

Located in the Cyber Hub, the uOttawa-IBM Cyber Range will deliver security training, professional development and partnering opportunities in both official languages to help grow Canada’s skilled cybersecurity and cybersafety workforce across government, academia and industry.
A computer lab

The Cyber Range is expected to be open in 2023.

Working with the global IBM Security Cyber Range Team, the Cyber Range will allow users to experience a range of fully immersive cyberattack and cyber threat simulations using the most sophisticated technology and software, replicating real-life cyber event scenarios and strengthening their response readiness. Participants will learn how to plan for, respond to, manage, contain and remediate a cyber incident, to anticipate and defend against current and future threats. In addition to the sensory-immersive and interactive training, the Cyber Range will also enable ground-breaking cybersecurity and cybersafety research across multiple disciplines.

Sylvain Charbonneau, Vice-President, Research and Innovation, uOttawa

“This fully immersive and interactive Cyber Range will create exceptional opportunities for innovative interdisciplinary research, experiential training programs and professional skills development.”

Sylvain Charbonneau, Vice-President, Research and Innovation, uOttawa

Steven Astorino, Vice President of Data & AI Development, and Canada Lab Director

“IBM Canada’s expanding partnership with uOttawa will create immense opportunities for interdisciplinary activities, as well as industry and public sector cybersecurity training, all while upskilling.”

Steven Astorino, Vice President of Data & AI Development, and Canada Lab Director

Meet our Cyber Range directors

Guy-Vincent Jourdan, uOttawa-IBM Cyber Range Co-Director

Guy-Vincent Jourdan

uOttawa-IBM Cyber Range Co-Director
Professor, Faculty of Engineering
University of Ottawa

Guy-Vincent Jourdan has over 15 years of experience in leading research and industry collaborations. He has co-authored a hundred or so scientific publications and 15 patents. For the past decade, his main research area has been cybersecurity, specifically, cybercrime detection and prevention.
Vio Onut, uOttawa-IBM Cyber Range Co-Director

Vio Onut

uOttawa-IBM Cyber Range Co-Director
Principal R&D Strategist, Centre for Advanced Studies, IBM

Iosif-Viorel (Vio) Onut is passionate about curriculum and product innovation acceleration through R&D. In the past decade, he has managed more than 150 research projects involving 35 universities, led by over 90 professors, over 360 students and over 330 IBM staff. He specializes in cybersecurity and cybercrime.

Contact us

uOttawa-IBM Cyber Range

STEM Complex
150 Louis-Pasteur Private
5th Floor
Ottawa, ON K1N 9A7

Guy-Vincent Jourdan
uOttawa-IBM Cyber Range Co-Director
Professor, Faculty of Engineering
University of Ottawa
[email protected]

Vio Onut
uOttawa-IBM Cyber Range Co-Director
Principal R&D Strategist, Centre for Advanced Studies, IBM Canada Lab
Adjunct Professor, University of Ottawa
[email protected]