Canadian Cybersecurity Ecosystem

Cybereco is a non-profit organization founded in 2018, bringing together nearly 70 public, private and academic organizations to tackle cybersecurity and data protection challenges together. By sharing expertise, it supports the development of home-grown talent and technological solutions.

Its members include major players such as Desjardins, the National Bank of Canada, Hydro-Québec, IBM, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), Deloitte, Accenture and several universities. Since 2023, Cybereco has also been supporting Quebec cybersecurity startups, with the support of the Ministère de l’économie, de l’innovation et de l’Énergie (MEIE). The organization draws on a network of over 40 collaborators and the strength of its members, who employ over 300,000 people across the country.

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Accenture
BDC
BNC
cdpq
cgi
Commissionnaires
Deloitte
Desjardins
Energir
ETS
EY
Fasken
Flare
HEC
HQ
iA
IBM
inrs
KPMG
Laval
McGill
MCN
Mondata
onepoint
Poly
pwc
Qohash
SAQ
UdeM
UdeS
UQAC
UQO

OUR TEAM

Board of Directors

Cybersecurity Director
Member of the Board
Alexandra St-Hilaire
Directrice Cybersécurité
Membre du conseil d’administration
Vice-President and Chief Information Security Officer
Member of the Board
Christopher Grove
Vice-président et Chef de la sécurité de l’information
Membre du conseil d’administration
Sacha Mongrain
Principal Account Technical Leader Manager – QC
Member of the Board
Bianca Lavoie
Acting Director General of Government Information Security
Member of the Board
Richard Fontaine
Director, Information Technology Training Center
Member of the Board
Nora Cuppens
Full professor
Member of the Board
André Boucher
PVP Enterprise Architecture and Chief Information Security Officer
Member of the Board
Jean-Sébastien Pilon
Vice-President and Chief Information Security Officer
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Moshe Toledano
Partner – Risk Advisory
Member of the Board
Benoit Dupont
Full Professor
Member of the Board
Sylvain Berger
Partner, Cybersecurity
Board member and Treasurer
Jean Le Bouthillier
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Member of the Board
Sacha Mongrain
Principal Account Technical Leader Manager – QC
Membre du conseil d’administration
Bianca Lavoie
Directrice générale de la sécurité de l’information gouvernementale par intérim
Membre du conseil d’administration
Moshe Toledano
Associé
Membre du conseil d’administration
Benoit Dupont
Professeur titulaire
Membre du conseil d’administration
Sylvain Berger
Associé, Cybersécurité
Membre du conseil d’administration et Trésorier
Jean Le Bouthillier
Président et Directeur Général
Membre du conseil d’administration

Team

Pascal Fortin
Président et directeur général
Anne-Marie Faber
Vice-présidente executive
Sumit Bathia
Vice-président exécutif Ontario
Paul Berthier
Directeur du Carrefour Cyber
Victor Duro
Directeur Projets et Communautés
Audrey Cotton
Responsable partenariats et projets
Karima Smouk
Coordonnatrice projets et rayonnement
Alexie Bélanger
Coordonnatrice
Victor Duro
Projects and Communities Director
Audrey Cotton
Partnerships and projects Manager
Karima Smouk
Projects and Outreach Coordinator
Alexie Bélanger
Coordinator

Projects

Cybereco has implemented structuring initiatives that have strengthened the security posture of hundreds of organizations. From the redesign of the Innovation Hub to the publication of practical guides and the launch of new communities of practice, we have transformed complex needs into concrete, shared solutions.

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