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Operation: Defend the North 2025 (Ottawa)

ODTN Ottawa 2025

A humanitarian crisis unfolds. Canada’s immigration systems go dark just as refugees seek urgent asylum. AI-powered disinformation spreads like wildfire. Drones disrupt emergency response. Meanwhile, ransomware quietly paralyzes departments behind the scenes. This is no isolated incident—it’s the opening strike in a coordinated campaign to fracture trust and compromise government systems.

Operation: Defend the North in Ottawa kicks off a multi-city, multi-sector cyber readiness simulation. Through a high-pressure tabletop exercise, participants will step into the war room, collaborate with leaders from government, finance, healthcare, and more, and confront a cyber crisis in real time.

This isn’t theory. It’s live-fire strategy.

Will you rise with the defenders?

This event is online and in-person.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

Event Details
Alex Dow
Chief Innovations Officer
Mirai Security
Chief Innovations Officer at Mirai Security
Ali Abbas Hirji
Executive Director
Canadian Centre for Cyber Defence
Executive Director at Canadian Centre for Cyber Defence
Amit Chopra
Head of Information Systems / CIO
Lakefield College School
Head of Information Systems / CIO at Lakefield College School
Bill Dunnion
CISO
Mitel
CISO at Mitel
George Al-Koura
CISO
Ruby
CISO at Ruby
JF Provost
Malvik Security
Malvik Security
Malvik Security
Kevin Parent
Director - ON-CHEC Cybersecurity
Orion
Director - ON-CHEC Cybersecurity at Orion
Lionel Akagah
Director, Cybersecurity
FortlyAi
Director, Cybersecurity at FortlyAi
Shruti Mukherjee
Director of GRC
GlobalVision
Director of GRC at GlobalVision
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Operation: Defend The North – A Canadian Cybersecurity Readiness Exercise is an immersive event designed to simulate a fictitious cyber attack against Canada’s critical sectors — Energy, Finance & Banking, Healthcare, Government Services, and Telecommunications. Together, we navigate a simulated cyber crisis via an interactive online tabletop event, accessible virtually from anywhere, uniting industry leaders, cybersecurity professionals, policymakers, and stakeholders in fortifying our defenses.

Yes! The event is streamed online. You can buy virtual tickets.

Yes! Network with exhibitors and industry experts.

Purchase your ticket on siberx.org and bring photo ID for check-in at the event.

All major credit cards are accepted.

Harassment of any kind will not be tolerated. We are committed to a harassment-free experience for everyone. Violators may be removed from the event without a refund.

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Tickets are non-refundable/non-cancellable. To reassign or upgrade, email [email protected].

Maybe—based on availability.

Possibly, but tickets are limited and not guaranteed on event day.

Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Blvd, Ottawa, ON K1E 0A1

No. Parking is available at an additional cost.

Service and support animals are welcome.

Yes. Breakfast, lunch, and snacks are included in your in-person ticket. Add dietary restrictions during registration for accommodation.

For both in-person and virtual sessions, siberX monitors attendance and reports on CPE credits.

In-person sessions: Attendees seeking CPE credits must register at the conference and complete checkout in person.

Virtual events: Attendees seeking CPE credits must remain within their session for the allocated duration and not proceed to other tabs for a continuous calculation.

In accordance with Standard Number 16 of the Statement on Standards for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Programs (Standards), our conference activities are measured by actual program length, with one 50-minute period equal to one CPE credit.

For segments that are less than 50 minutes, the sum of the segments would be considered one total program. For example, five 30-minute presentations would equal 150 minutes and would be counted as three CPE credits.

An email will be sent out post-conference along with the CPE form. Please complete the form.

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