​About the Event

​ISACA Vancouver is hosting “Human-Centred Cyber Awareness: An Interactive Experience.” While there are rapid changes to the cyber threat landscape, human judgement, augmented with the right tools, still plays a decisive role in whether an attack succeeds or is stopped.

​Join the ISACA Vancouver Chapter for an engaging evening exploring how cybersecurity professionals and everyday employees can leverage AI to enhance employee awareness, and how AI can be used to augment employee resilience to cyber threats. Participants will take part in an interactive cyber awareness experience that compares how humans and AI respond to common cybersecurity scenarios.

​Following the interactive experience, a panel discussion will examine the results and explore how organizations can effectively integrate AI into cybersecurity awareness and defence strategies, while keeping the human element at the centre.

​Meet the Panel Moderator

​Tejinder Basi, CEO at Cyberium Group

​Tejinder brings over 30 years of Cybersecurity and Risk Advisory Experience across Europe and North America. He is the CEO at Cyberium Group, a BC based Cybersecurity Consulting organization servicing public and private sector clients across North America. Tejinder is also an adjunct professor at UBC.

​Prior to this Tejinder was a Partner at Deloitte for close to 20 years where he was responsible for leading Risk Advisory and Cybersecurity services. He currently works closely with the C-Suite, Management teams, CISOs and IT Functions to improve their security posture and align security objectives with their business strategy. One of his passions is security awareness and over the last 2 years he has had the opportunity to leverage novel approaches and AI driven platforms to deliver cybersecurity training.

​Meet the Panelists

​Douglas Santos, Senior Director, Advanced Threat Intelligence at Fortinet

​Douglas Santos has over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, possessing a rare combination of technical expertise and strong communication skills. He has a deep understanding of the evolving threat landscape and is skilled at translating complex security challenges into clear, actionable insights. Currently, he currently leads a team of researchers and engineers at Fortinet focused on advancing cyber threat intelligence. Through strategic partnerships, including collaboration with MITRE CTID, he drives innovation in threat intelligence standards, tools, and response.

​Penny Longman, President of the Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) Western Canada Affiliate

​Penny is an award-winning cybersecurity leader and the current President of the Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) Western Canada Affiliate. With a career spanning diverse sectors including mining, manufacturing, environmental sciences, data analytics, consulting, academia, and healthcare. Penny brings a rare blend of technical expertise and strategic vision to every initiative she leads. Penny’s leadership is defined by her commitment to innovation, collaboration, and empowerment. Whether she’s shaping policy, leading teams, or speaking at industry events, she inspires others to reimagine what’s possible in the digital age.

​Alex Dow, Chief Research Officer at Mirai Security.

​Over the past two decades, Alex has worked within three mission-critical security operation centres (SOC), including the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics SOC, has established Vancouver’s cyber security community and in 2017 co-founded one of Western Canada’s leading cyber security consultancies.

​Shawn Bulbrook, Consulting Field Solutions Architect, Everpure

​Shawn Bulbrook is a cyber resilience strategist specializing in the design of modern cyber recovery architectures. He works with CIOs, CISOs, and infrastructure leaders to create clarity and early visibility during cyber events to equip leadership with fast answers, real control, and the confidence to act decisively under pressure. Shawn is known for delivering direct, high-impact sessions that challenge legacy thinking and translate complex technical realities into clear executive decisions. He regularly leads executive cyber simulations and speaks on modern ransomware response, recovery readiness, and resilience at scale.