MARCH 8, 2022: The search for Canada’s top female cybersecurity champions was launched today, International Women’s Day. IT World Canada (ITWC), the Women in Security & Resilience Alliance (WISECRA) and the Canadian Women in Security Forum announced the opening of nominations for the third annual Canada’s Top Women in Cybersecurity recognition program. The prestigious initiative was established to
Of all the cybersecurity events that had to take place virtually this year, last month’s annual conference of the International Information System Security Certification Consortium (known in the industry as ISC²) stood out for Canadians.
At that event, well-known cybersecurity leader Bonnie Butlin was given the annual Fellow of ISC² Award for her decades of work.
Bonnie Butlin.
In an interview from her Ottawa base, Butlin admitted the award, announced earlier, caught her off guard.
“It came as a real surprise. I didn’t know I had been nominated, and let alone from Sai Honig, [co-founder of the New Zealand Network for Women in Security] who’s around the world. So that was a bit of a double surprise … and for me to receive the award when I’m not actually a member myself is just a huge honour when I wasn’t even expecting at all.”