Oct 02, 2025 • 10:00 am (EST)

How to Tackle the Most Common Threats the Canadian Government Faces

Join this session to discuss: How governments can understand the threats that they face, and the best sources of threat intelligence Best practice for incident response – and how organisations should prepare for when they happen. How governments can ensure that suppliers and different organisations working with governments can also ensure they meet best practice to keep security high.

The cyber security threats faced by government are always evolving, with criminals and bad actors constantly trying to exploit vulnerabilities in government to compromise how services are delivered.

Across the world, governments are working to understand the landscape of the threats that they face, and the mitigation measures they can put in place to be able to respond.

These threats cover a range of software vulnerabilities – but governments have also set out the key ways departments and agencies can tackle these vulnerabilities.

This webinar will share insights from civil servants across Canada on how government organisations can understand, and address, the cyber threats they face.

Join this session to discuss:

How governments can understand the threats that they face, and the best sources of threat intelligence
Best practice for incident response – and how organisations should prepare for when they happen.
How governments can ensure that suppliers and different organisations working with governments can also ensure they meet best practice to keep security high.

Presenters

Po Tea-Duncan

Chief Information Security Officer of the Government of Canada, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Po Tea-Duncan is the Chief Information Security Officer of the Government of Canada within Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS)’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). Po has over 20 years of experience in the federal government. She currently leads the teams enabling the delivery of secure and reliable government services through the GC’s digital identity program, enterprise security architecture, security strategy and policy development, and GC Cyber Security Event Management. In 2020, she was named as one of the Top Women in Cyber Security in Canada. In 2022, she was featured in The Female Quotient and Deloitte’s 25 Women in Cyber campaign. Po was also recognized as an 2024 Women in Defence & Security (WiDS) Emerging Leader. Prior to joining TBS, Po served in a variety of roles at Global Affairs Canada in the areas of systems security engineering, architecture, and incident management.

Jesse Jordan

Deputy Lead, Cyber Strategy for Mandiant Canada, Google Cloud

Mr. Jordan has over 20 years of cyber experience and is currently the Mandiant Canada Deputy Lead for Cyber Strategy at the Google office located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Jordan also leads the Mandiant global Virtual CISO (V-CISO) program and regularly oversees and delivers Security Program Assessments, Cyber Response Readiness Assessments, Cyber Due Diligence, Security Program Development and Transformation engagements for organizations and governments in Canada, the United States, and internationally.

Alishia Hui

Principal Consultant, Mandiant Canada, Google Cloud

Alishia has over 7 years of experience working with clients in a broad range of industries, including the public sector. She continues to assist organizations with incident response readiness and cyber security risk reduction, ranging from the development of cyber security programs and transformation initiatives to identifying threat-driven security recommendations tailored for a specific facet of the organization. She currently helps lead the development of Mandiant’s Tabletop Exercise practice, and is a regular contributor and participant in the cyber security community.

Siobhan Benita

Moderator, Global Government Forum

Siobhan was a senior civil servant in the UK with more than 15 years’ Whitehall experience. She worked in many of major delivery departments, including Transport, Environment, Health and Local Government. She also had senior roles at the heart of government in the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury, including supporting the then Cabinet Secretary, Lord O’Donnell, to lead work on civil service reform and strategy. Siobhan left to run as an independent candidate in the Mayor of London election. She subsequently joined her alma mater, Warwick University, as Chief Strategy Officer of Warwick in London and Co-Director of the Warwick Policy Lab.

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