Dr. Natalia Stakhanova is the Canada Research Chair in Security and Privacy, and Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. She is a former NB Innovation Research Chair in Cybersecurity at the University of New Brunswick. Her work revolves around building secure systems. Dr. Stakhanova has published over 70 publications in the areas of mobile security, software protection, and code attribution. She holds 4 patents in the field of computer security. Dr. Stakhanova serves as a member of the Canadian Cross-Cultural Roundtable on Security (CCRS), the group that provides advice to the Minister of Public Safety Canada and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, concerning matters of national security and public safety. She is an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), Guest Editor for IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (IEEE TNSM). Dr. Stakhanova is the recipient of numerous recognitions and awards including the top 20 Women in Cybersecurity, the CyberNB Recognition Award, the McCain Young Scholar Award and the Anita Borg Institute Faculty Award, and several Best Paper awards/nominations. She is a strong advocate of Women in IT and co-founder of CyberLaunch Academy, an initiative that aims to promote science and technology among children.