Security Leaders

Ken Doige recently spoke with Canadian Security editor Neil Sutton about his career in policing and professional security, his senior security roles in property management and renewable energy and his transition to the cannabis field. Ken is currently vice-president of security at federally licensed cannabis producer CannTrust. He also talks about the state of security for the cannabis industry during the pandemic, the value of sharing best practices between security professionals and some possible solutions to help address the current cybersecurity skills shortage.

Owen Key’s security career came full circle this year when he rejoined KPMG as the company’s director of advisory services and risk consulting. Key initially worked for KPMG back in the early 2000s but has spent the majority of his security career as CSO and CISO at the City of Calgary.

Canadian Security editor Neil Sutton recently spoke to Key about some of the major challenges that crossed his desk during his time in Calgary, including the floods of 2013; his advice for managing a combined physical and logical security portfolio; and what it’s like to start a new job during the pandemic.

For the first episode of Security Leaders, we spoke to Silvia Fraser about how she came to work in security as a new Canadian, her security career with the City of Toronto and the City of Mississauga, what is important to her as a leader and a mentor, and how the practice of security has changed in the time she been engaged with the industry.