“The Only Woman in the Room”: How An Nguyen Turned Isolation into a Thriving Cyber Community
An has been a marketing and communications professional for over 15 years. She has experience in managing high-profile campaigns under tight timelines that build and strengthen brands while delivering...
Canada’s most vulnerable organizations have a cyber gap — meet the team closing it
Farida, Naim, Stephen, and Oleksii are a part of something new. The Catalyst Cyber Clinic, funded by Okta, was designed to strengthen Canada’s most vulnerable non-profit organizations by pairing...
Andrea Yzeiri: Why startups can’t treat security as an afterthought
Andrea Yzeiri is the Chief Data and Analytics Officer and Lead AI Engineer at Picsume, and a graduate of Catalyst’s Cyber for Startups program. Cybersecurity across distance Andrea Yzeiri...
LISTEN: Experts warn Cyber threats to Canada could rise amid Iran tensions — Catalyst’s Charles Finlay weighs in
The Catalyst’s Founding Executive Director, Charles Finlay, joined CBC Radio on Thursday, March 5 for 10 interviews across the country including Vancouver, Quebec City, Regina, Whitehorse and more, to...
Catalyst, Blackberry, and GAC partner with Malaysia to advance leadership opportunities for ASEAN women in cybersecurity
This Media Advisory was first published by Blackberry on February 26, 2026. CYBERJAYA, MALAYSIA – February 26, 2026: Last month, Malaysia made further strides in establishing the MCMC and BlackBerry...
Pro-Iran ‘hacktivists’ could target Canadian organizations, cybersecurity experts warn
This article first appeared on The Globe and Mail on March 03, 2026. Cybersecurity experts are advising Canadian organizations and operators of critical infrastructure to be on the lookout...
AI Automation in Business: A Risk Assessment Webinar
In case you missed our AI Automation in Business: A Risk Assessment Webinar, we pulled back the curtain on the real-world risks hidden within the AI agents your organization...
Parabellyx is preparing businesses for digital warfare
This article first appeared on BetaKit on February 25, 2026. The startup has joined the Cyber Challenge to scale its continuous security testing platform. Si vis pacem, para bellum is...