Claudiu Popa

Keynote Speaker | Toronto, Ontario

Privacy Advocate
Media Analyst | Author & Educator | Certified Cybersecurity Expert

Claudiu Popa Expertise Strategic Thinking, Personal Growth, Privacy & Cyber Security, Innovation & Creativity, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Teamwork, Business Technology, Big Data & Analytics and Technology & Innovation.

Claudiu Popa

About Claudiu Popa

Claudiu Popa is passionate about cybersecurity. For over twenty years, Claudiu Popa has made digital literacy fun for kids, seniors, employees, and C-suite executives. Regarding information privacy, data security, and even cyber fraud, Claudiu Popa wrote the book on these topics. Claudiu Popa brings clear, fresh perspectives and a vast repertoire of anecdotes to every event, creating lasting experiences that leave audiences engaged, informed, and entertained.

Claudiu Popa Videos

Claudiu Popa Speaker Reel

Claudiu Popa Discusses Data Breach Affecting 15 Million Canadian Patie

Claudiu Popa on Desjardins Data Leak on CTV 20 June 2019

Claudiu Popa Discusses Identity Theft and Synthetic Id Fraud on CBC Ne

Claudiu Popa Interviews & Podcasts

Claudiu Popa, Cybersecurity Expert, Comments on the Tim Horton's Priva

Cybersecurity Expert Claudiu Popa Comments on Cyber Warfare Tactics an

Your Kid’s Data is for Sale! the Shocking Truth About Edtech Spying

Privacy Rights in Public Places? Claudiu Popa on CBC News Podcast

CLAUDIU POPA BIOGRAPHY

Claudiu Popa has been the founder since 1989 of one of Canada’s leading Information Security Company. Claudiu Popa is also the co-founder of Canada’s only cybersafety education foundation. Since 2009, the Foundation has been home to the famous UnHackable brand that empowers Canada’s youth to embrace a culture of cyber safety and build a Circle of Trust within their communities. Among other innovations, he is behind the Verify Risk Assessment methodology used by businesses and government agencies across Canada.

Professionally, Claudiu Popa is a trusted advisor to government agencies, non-profit organizations, businesses of all sizes and NGOs on matters of regulatory compliance, information security strategy and risk management. In addition to being an educator through the University of Toronto, Seneca College, Ontario Tech University, the Standards Council of Canada, provincial Law Societies and Privacy Commissioner Offices, Claudiu Popa is also a certified professional who acts as an interim CISO, CPO, DPO, breach coach or board level Risk Advisor.

Personally, Claudiu Popa is a family man whose four unruly children continue to amaze him by weaponizing critical thinking, making risk-based decisions (in their favour) and generally demonstrating a propensity for bypassing his home security safeguards. His wife Debra is currently the only MBA in the family and therefore significantly more qualified to managing the day-to-day operations of the KnowledgeFlow Foundation by endlessly maximizing scarce resources and collaborating with a nationwide network of amazing professionals and industry associations to push unique initiatives that continue to create hundreds of UnHackable school groups and Cybersafety Champions across Canada.

With a deeply technical background and a computer science degree from York University’s Faculty of Pure and Applied Science Claudiu Popa is also proud to hold the industry’s top certifications in risk, privacy, security, business continuity and project leadership. Additionally, Claudiu Popa is a published author of three books on cyberfraud and data protection, podcaster and frequent media commentator whose informed insights are featured on the national news most weeks. As the author of the BS (Bad Security) Blog he takes pleasure in exposing the mistakes of incompetent crooks as well as the unethical practices of predatory groups. Claudiu has deep domain expertise and is engaged in the active study of diverse but related topics including education technology (edtech), financial cybersecurity (fintech), disinformation and influence operations (cyberwarfare), social engineering, personal & corporate identity theft (copyright takedowns), incident response and breach simulations (TTX), secure development (SDLC), surveillance technologies and physical security.

Claudiu Popa is also an information security technologist whose primary research on cybercrime, digital literacy, cyberfraud, national security, intellectual property protection and personal information breach prevention has been published and featured extensively through hundreds of articles, books and conference talks. Claudiu Popa is a university adjunct professor and college lecturer, having worked extensively with standards bodies, educational institutions and task forces on international standards like ISO, PCI, SOX, PbD and numerous others. All efforts are a testament to Claudiu’s passion in support of raising the bar on data security and the protection of human rights, particularly in the age of ubiquitous cloud storage, generative AI and edge computing.

 

Claudiu Popa Topic Presentations

Claudiu Popa Toronto, Ontario, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

Impact Clarity: The Information Security & Privacy Landscape

The "internet of Things" and You

Cyberfraud Awareness & Tips: Navigating the Digital Landscape with Confidence

Claudiu Popa Books & Articles

Open: Standardized Methods for Large Scale Information Access and Transparency
Open: Standardized Methods for Large Scale

The exchange of information in the modern context is conducted between two or more entities within three primary stakeholder groups: the...

5 Expert Tips to Protect Yourself from Financial Fraud When the Banks Won't
5 Expert Tips to Protect Yourself from Financial

Cybersecurity expert Claudiu Popa says financial institutions could do much more to protect customers from fraud. Until then, he urges...

Financial Fraud Growing Faster in Canada than U.s. and Europe: Popa
Financial Fraud Growing Faster in Canada than

Claudiu Popa, cyber security expert and CEO of Datarisk Canada, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss financial fraud in Canada as federal budget...

Claudiu Popa Speaking Testimonials

"In addition to being a delightful person, Claudiu is a very sharp privacy and security professional whose skills and knowledge helped him achieve high quality results and recognition. I enjoy working with him and look forward to continuing to do so."

Aird & Berlis LLP

General Manager

"Claudiu is very entertaining, and a great presenter. Fabulous person and very interesting individual."

International Association of Privacy Professionals

"I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your presentation. You are a wonderful and engaging speaker; it was a nice change of pace from some of the other speakers at the conference. It was a pleasure to observe you."

Manager
Ministry of Government Services

"Such an eye opener that I have been recommending it my friends, family, colleagues and more importantly, kids"

Attendee of Claudiu's interactive workshop on social media safety

"Very interactive, edifying and sensible for a wide range of age groups"

Attendee of Claudiu's interactive workshop on social media safety

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