Claudiu Popa

Claudiu Popa

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Toronto, Ontario

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

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CLAUDIU POPA BIOGRAPHY

Claudiu Popa has been the founder since 1989 of the Informatica Group of Companies. Claudiu Popa is also the co-founder of Canada’s only cybersafety education foundation, KnowledgeFlow. 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 Related Media

Media Interview

SecurityandPrivacy

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Claudiu Popa, Cybersecurity Expert, comments on the Tim Horton's Privacy Breach Proposed Settlement
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Media Interview

SecurityandPrivacy

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Cybersecurity Expert Claudiu Popa Comments on Cyber Warfare Tactics and Cyber Diplomacy
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Claudiu Popa Related Content

Book

OPEN: Standardized Methods for Large Scale Information Access and Transparency
OPEN: Standardized Methods for Large Scale Information Access and Transparency
The exchange of information in the modern context is conducted between two or more entities within three primary stakeholder groups: the private sector, the public sector, and private individuals. The interactions between these groups are often complex and are further influenced on a global scale...

Claudiu Popa Topic Presentations

Impact Clarity: the Information Security & Privacy Landscape

The "internet of Things" and You

Cyberfraud Awareness & Tips: Navigating the Digital Landscape With Confidence

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

Claudiu Popa Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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