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National Security, the Economy and COVID-19: Fifty Shades of the Grey Zone

Valarie Findlay, April 10, 2020 11 min read

COVID-19. It’s the stuff that gripping, suspense-filled movies are made of: A new virus of a mysterious origin emerges in…...

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Strong, Secure, Engaged: Canada’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Defence Update

Valarie Findlay, February 6, 2020 14 min read

Conflict and warfare have seen drastic changes in recent decades, mostly due to globalization, technology and geo-political and economic power…...

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Insider Threats, Informants and Whistleblowers: Different Animals, Same Stripes?

Valarie Findlay, December 18, 2019 11 min read

Along with Atomic Blonde and Kraftidioten, one of my all-time favourite movies is The Informant! A brilliant biographical-comedy, The Informant!…...

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Spies Among Us: Are We Blind To Insider Threats?

Valarie Findlay, September 27, 2019 11 min read

Playing out almost daily, the world’s most impactful nations masterfully engage in various tactics, like sanctions, tariffs, and detainments, for…...

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Artificial Intelligence: The Black Box Conundrum

Valarie Findlay, July 18, 2019 8 min read

The one thing guaranteed to make me laugh out loud is Boston Dynamics’ video of their robot-dog, SpotMini, slipping on…...

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Strong, Secure, Engaged: The Cyber Extract

Valarie Findlay, June 4, 2019 10 min read

Lately, hardly a day goes by without media headlines stringing out the latest on the SNC Lavalin scandal with proliferous…...

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The Perfect Cut-Out: When Global Politics, Espionage and Greed Converge with Technology

Valarie Findlay, March 7, 2019 9 min read

Fluid, agile and accessible – the malicious use of technology can range from simple, uncoordinated attacks to complex, highly coordinated…...

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Technology and Philosophy: An Exoteric View of Zero-Trust and Federated Identity

Valarie Findlay, February 26, 2019 7 min read

Whether it is a malicious attack or an inadvertent release on protected or classified data, a breach of government data…...

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What Canada can learn from Israel and Estonia’s rise to cybersecurity royalty: It’s complicated

Valarie Findlay, February 5, 2019 10 min read

A little over a year ago, I had the pleasure of presenting at CANARIE’s 2017 National Summit in Ottawa with my good…...

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Implied Trust … in Supply Chain Security – Part Two

Valarie Findlay, November 9, 2018 7 min read

Last month, my column “Implied Trust, Presumed Secure and Other Dangers of Supply Chain” covered supply chain security in the…...

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Game Changer: Andrew Kendrick, Principal Consultant, Vard Marine Inc.

Marcello Sukhdeo, December 2, 2020

Andrew Kendrick joined the UK Ministry of Defence straight after high school and was later sponsored by them through a…...

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Game Changer: Gavin Daly, Professional Services Manager, Axis Communications

Marcello Sukhdeo, December 1, 2020

After completing university, Gavin Daly was planning to start a career in the telecommunications industry, instead, he ended up in…...

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Game Changer: Dr. Paul Boxer, Managing Director, Sentient Vision Systems

Marcello Sukhdeo, October 2, 2020

Paul Boxer started his career as an engineer with General Motors but had an interest in software and Artificial Intelligence…....

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Beyond Search and Rescue: How Heliwest Delivers Multiple ISR Missions

Expanding capabilities in training and operational support, a focus for a true Canadian leader

Navigating through the Naval Training System Transformation

Artificial Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance for the Royal Canadian Navy

TEAM ARTEMIS – Trusted partners on the RPAS program

Canada’s Submarine Sustainment Program

Serco Canada Marine Leverages Canadian Talent to Provide End to End Solutions in the Maritime Domain

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TerraSense ARCTIC MIST

The Value of a Versatile and Affordable RPA for Canada

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Game Changer: Andrew Kendrick, Principal Consultant, Vard Marine Inc.

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People on the Move

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