Canadian Technical Security Conference (CTSC 2010)

Presenters and Speakers

Our ultimate goal in achieving a high quality, educational, and informative Canadian Technical Security Conference (CTSC 2010) requires the collective talents of excellent presenters and speakers to conduct the wide range of seminars, technical workshops, and the expert panel discussion group proposed for this years event.

The conference committee would be interested in hearing from industry TSCM professionals who would be interested in conducting one (1) or more of the high quality seminar sessions, or in assisting with the proposed technical workshop during the conference.

The conference committee has opened the door to proposals, papers and topic suggestions.

If you might be interested in contributing to the success of the conference by being part of our elite group of presenters, contact the CTSC committee for details.

If you might be interested in contributing to the success of the conference by presenting at CTSC 2010 event contact Paul Turner for information.

CTSC 2010 - Confirmed Presenters / Speakers (TBA)

The CTSC committee is pleased to be able to confirm the following speaker / presenters for the Canadian Technical Security Conference (CTSC 2010). Additional speakers / presenters are pending and will be announced and posted as they are confirmed.

Robin Jackman  (1A) (2A) (3A)

Robin Jackman, is a Senior RF Applications Engineer with Tektronix. Over the past 20 years Mr. Jackman has held a variety of positions in the public and private sector involving radio-monitoring, radio-location, high speed signal acquisition and monitoring systems design.

Paul D Turner, TSS TSI (4A) (6A) (12A) (16A) (17A)

Mr. Turner is a retired professional investigator with a quarter century of experience and is the President of Professional Development TSCM Group Inc. Paul is the Technical Security Director (TSD) of the company's Technical Security Branch (TSB); a TSB certified Technical Security Specialist (TSS) and an experienced Technical Security Instructor (TSI).

Paul has thirty (30) years of experience and upward of 10,000 hours of actual working experience in the field providing professional TSCM, ECM, COMSEC and CI related professional services, including advanced air and ground based Radio Direction Finding (RDF).

Paul is a FLIR (ITC) Level I Thermographer and has conducted extensive application based research into developing Infrared (IR) Thermal Imaging techniques to support security, law enforcement and military technical security applications.

Mr. Turner has and more than 10,000 hours of teaching experience and as the primary instructor, teaches the only TSS Certification (Designate) Training in North America, at TSB Resident Training Centre (RTC) in Eastern Ontario. Paul has instructed at Sheridan College and has provided lectures and workshops at both Ryerson University and Seneca College, as well as a host of client venues for government, military and private sector TSCM personnel and clients.

Ryk Edelstein (5A)

Ryk Edelstein has been actively involved in the IT industry since the early 80’s, and is the founder and a partner at Converge Net Inc., a Montreal-based Solution provider specializing in establishing secure end efficient data communication networks. Employing a unique and highly effective approach of applying packet level traffic analysis to rapidly identify the root cause of complex IT and regulatory compliance challenges, Ryk has guided Converge Net to the become the respected solution provider that it is today.

Recognizing the presence of inadequate and poorly developed guidance for the decommissioning of data storage hardware in most current security policies, Ryk has become actively involved in researching and developing up-to-date information handling practices that respect regulatory compliance objectives for the protection of active and end-of-life data.

Mr. Edelstein, provides guidance to both public and private sector clients on the protection of their digital assets ,and is the co-author of the guide titled "Best Practices for the Destruction of Digital Data", a guide that addresses current and validated data handling practices for the decommissioning of end-of-life storage hardware using properly aligned technologies.

John Pavelich  (7A)

Mr. Pavelich has extensive experience as a Senior Security Analyst; consulting with the Government of Canada. John was a practice leader at  Deloitte and Entrust architecting government IT security systems.  John's background includes more than 30 years experience on IT security and tactical SIGINT projects.

John is currently the CEO of Spectral Guard, an Ottawa-based firm specializing in TSCM. He is involved in developing Technical Security Countermeasures standards and technology implementations for the protection of classified information processing systems.

John has extensive experience in the federal government, private sector, and is currently researching the technologies utilized in modern Non-Linear Junction Detection (NLJD) and fast scanning digital receivers for the TSCM function.

John is a graduate of the Canadian based Technical Security Specialist (TSS) Designate Certification program.

Gary Dawson MSc. PSP, CPP  (8A)

Served for 25 years and retired as a Major in the Canadian Army. He held command and staff positions with postings in Germany, Canada and the Airborne Regiment as well as operational command roles in Somalia and Rwanda. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Queen’s University and an MSc in Security and Risk Management from Leicester University UK.

As well he is board certified in Security Management by ASIS International as a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) and Physical Security Professional (PSP). He has recently returned from 12 years in Qatar where he was involved in major Oil and Gas projects and security management of several sites in Qatar. While in Qatar he also started and ran the security program for the Qatar Foundation a landmark education and Technology Park in Doha under the auspices of the Qatari Royal family.

Geoff Matthews  (11A) 

Roaming around the bowels of the IT world for that last 13 years, Geoff Matthews has logged time in support, network administration, programming, as well as database and web development, only to find himself in the conundrums of IT Security as product manager for CMI, a company focused on bringing innovative IT security solutions to the Canadian market. Research is typically the order of the day as he attempts to keep pace with ever evolving landscape of threats,
mitigation and everything in between.

"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools - That Douglas Adams quote seems to be a reoccurring theme with technology in general." says Geoff.

As great as technology is, sometimes the best thing about technology, is getting away from it, which is evident by his frequent sabbaticals canoeing the lakes of Algonquin Park, the stories of which he is always happy to recount when asked.

John Price CPP, CRM  (13A) 

John has extensive background in security operations, investigations, Labour dispute management and executive protection. John is an accomplished interviewer, investigator and security manager and has 20 years experience working with different Law Enforcement and Government agencies in advisory positions, John is a Certified Protection Professional and a Certified Risk Manager.

John is currently a partner, Senior Investigator & Security Consultant with Price-Langevin and Associates Inc. His expertise includes security inspections, security surveys, risk analysis, executive protection services, technical security-TSCM, loss prevention program design and implementation, Tender specifications, CCTV system design, internal and external criminal investigation.

John is a graduate of Law Enforcement and Security Program, GMCC and is certified in Crime Prevention through Environmental Design Level I and level II. In addition John is trained in Covert Electronic Surveillance and is a Certified Locksmith and former Chairman for the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) - Alberta / Northern Alberta Chapter.

Robert W. Beggs (14A) (15A) 

Robert Beggs is the founder and CEO of DigitalDefence.

As leader of Canada's leading incident response and forensics consultancy, he has served clients in the banking, insurance, brokerage, and mortgage industries, as well as several small and medium enterprises from a variety of market verticals.

He has been responsible for the technical leadership and project management of more than 300 consulting engagements, including policy development and review, standards compliance, attack and penetration testing of wired and wireless networks, third party security assessments, incident response, and other consulting projects.

His experience with military, financial, and other systems related to critical infrastructure have prepared him to provide a high degree of practical security.

Before working as a Senior Consultant to one of Canada's largest financial institutions, Robert was employed by Netigy, a global network and security infrastructure firm based in San Jose. He has also worked for Nortel Networks in the Systems Engineering group as a specialist responsible for developing new IP-based services for global telecommunications clients.

Robert is the lead instructor for DigitalDefence, providing instruction in ethical hacking, incident response, live system analysis, malware analysis, and data forensics. Robert is a founder and proud sponsor of the Toronto Area Security Klatch, TASK, North America’s largest user group focused solely on security issues.

He holds an MBA in Science and Technology from Queen’s University, and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional and a Certified Information Systems Auditor.