Trevor Young currently serves as the Chief Product Officer at Security Compass, bringing over 25 years of experience in software production, application security, and the deployment of production-grade AI-powered workflows. His fellowship project directly tackles the "blue team" defense gap by exploring how human defenders can effectively integrate AI into their workflows to match the speed of emerging AI-driven threat actors. Young will develop a multi-phase maturity model and an open skills taxonomy to evaluate which cybersecurity tasks—such as threat modeling or incident triage—are most amenable to AI augmentation versus where human validation remains paramount. His primary deliverable will be a web-accessible, public self-assessment tool designed to help Canadian security leaders diagnose their teams' AI fluency, navigate systemic stall points, and optimize targeted training investments.

Modupe Ogunyemi is a First-Class law graduate and LL.M. candidate in Innovation, Law & Technology at the University of Toronto, uniquely complemented by over a decade of senior digital executive experience, including leading AI/ML product rollouts and data governance at the Royal Bank of Canada. Her research addresses the pressing legal and governance ambiguities that arise when autonomous AI systems independently execute critical cybersecurity decisions, such as locking out users or mishandling data during a breach. By mapping the intersection of evolving Canadian frameworks—including Bill C-27 (AIDA), the CPPA, and OSFI guidelines—Ogunyemi aims to bridge the gap between technical operations and legal accountability. She will produce a policy whitepaper and a practical model governance toolkit featuring vendor contract accountability clauses and board-level risk frameworks tailored for Canadian organizations.

Junior Williams is founder and principal of Junior Williams Consulting (trustcyber.ca), with more than 25 years of experience across programming, IT, and cybersecurity. He holds industry credentials including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH). Junior contributes to the OWASP GenAI Security Project and AIUC-1 consortium and serves on the Canadian Cybersecurity Network (CCN) Advisory Board, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) CREATE Industry Advisory Board at Dalhousie and Memorial universities, and Standards Council of Canada mirror committees for artificial intelligence and information security. His fellowship project, Thinking Monitor, focuses on trust and accountability for AI agents operating with real system privileges. The project explores practical observability and audit evidence that allow organizations to reconstruct what an agent did, what it was authorized to do, and the effects of its actions. The first year focuses on developing a working evidence approach and publishing findings for operators and organizations deploying agentic AI.