Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Carleton University and Partners Launch International Cybersecurity Initiative

Carleton University, along with Queen’s University (Belfast, Northern Ireland) and Cyberspark (Be’er-Sheva, Israel) have launched the 14-member Global EPIC, a new international cybersecurity initiative designed to combat growing world challenges by facilitating global collaboration while enabling positive local cybersecurity and economic benefits.

On April 4, 90 people from 54 organizations filled Carleton University’s Senate Room to hear Roni Zehavi, CEO of CyberSpark, and examine synergistic opportunities between Canadian and Israeli firms. People from large and small companies in Ottawa, Montreal, New York and Kingston accounted for two-thirds of attendees.

By Kate Porter
CBC News

Behind locked doors at a municipal building in the Ottawa suburb of Orléans, Tony Bailetti is quietly working on a plan to turn Canada into a global powerhouse for fighting cyberattacks.

The professor is known for nurturing more than 200 companies in his job straddling Carleton University's business and engineering departments.

These days, he jokes that he practically sleeps at VENUS Cybersecurity, a non-profit hub he created in a former town council office.

Carleton University’s Technology Innovation Management (TIM) Program will host a lecture on Oct.

Carleton University’s Technology Innovation Management program launches Lead To Win Cyber (LTW Cyber).  LTW Cyber is an innovation hub for technology ventures that have agreed to collaborate for the purpose of addressing the needs of the global market for cybersecurity. Each technology venture will pursue its own opportunities to grow while seeking collaborative opportunities with the other ventures that are part of LTW Cyber.

The Official Launch of VENUS Cybersecurity was a huge success!

Below are links to some of the articles about the VENUS launch.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/cybersecurity-non-profit-finds-home-in-ottawa-suburb-1.2415303