33 years of experience

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Claudiu Popa is an author, speaker and technologist who engages diverse audiences with true stories of cybercrime, exciting innovations and personal adventures from his years as a business entrepreneur.

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In addition to being a delightful person, Claudiu is a very sharp privacy and security professional whose skills and knowledge helped him achieve high quality results and recognition. I enjoy working with him and look forward to continuing to do so.

General Manager

Aird & Berlis LLP

Claudiu is an expert at security and protecting private data. His humour helps ease tension and is invaluable at helping staff members retain privacy principles. I recommend him to any company seeking to improve their awareness around privacy and security.

Manager of Operations

Ottawa-Carleton School Board

I had the pleasure to work with Claudiu Popa at Bell Canada in the E-business development organization. Claudiu is a very positive, dedicated and professional individual, who constantly focuses on achieving excellent results. I would recommend Claudiu to anyone who wants to work with or do business with him.

Senior Vice President

Bell Canada

I would recommend Claudiu without reservation. He is not only an authoritative subject matter expert but is also highly business-focused. Our project had tight timelines and multiple constraints and he was able to meet our requirements fully. We look forward to doing business with him in the future.

COO

Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations

Colleen

Workplace Safety

Claudiu is my go-to source for all things security. He knows the topic inside out, always gets back to me in a timely fashion, and is an all-around great guy to deal with. Claudiu knows what he’s talking about, and he talks about it in an accessible way, so even those of us who aren’t security experts can understand.

Vawn

Writer & Editor

Claudiu delivered a full-day customized security essentials seminar course to our staff, which was comprehensive, concise, clear, engaging, useful -and fun. Claudiu’s knowledge is encyclopedic; we appreciated the up-to-date practical tips for securing all aspects of the small and medium sized enterprise. I’d also recommend his book on the subject.

Fred

Government technology expert

Claudiu is a dedicated security and privacy professional, and a valued Privacy by Design Ambassador. As co-author of my second Privacy by ReDesign paper, he has made a significant contribution to this emerging extension of Privacy by Design, and the future of privacy. I look forward to the launch of his new volume, “Modern Privacy Techniques and Technologies.

Ann

Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

Claudiu did an amazing job presenting for our annual conference, even under very short notice. He had amazing reviews by the audience, who very much appreciated his research findings, advice and insight into key issues related to security and privacy.

Patricia

Director at L’Oréal Canada

Claudiu is someone I regularly recommend to my clients because his depth of knowledge and expertise in his field is a rare find.

Michael

Building Resilient Organizations

I have had the pleasure of presenting with Claudiu on the topics of data breach and data security on a number of occasions. Every time Claudiu shows his professionalism, deep knowledge base and thoughtful consideration of all questions. He truly is one of the most competent and all around knowledgeable people in the security business today.

Shawn

Managing Director, CYPFER

Claudiu is probably the most knowledgeable IT security expert around. He has taken just about every course you can take in IT security. In addition, he has a great knack of being able to explain IT in simple terms that non-IT folks can easily understand. He combines great analysis skills with down-to-earth business practicality. Claudiu gets an “A” in my book and I can’t wait to work with him again.

Donald

Partner at Aird & Berlis LLP

I have known Claudiu for over 10 years. During this time, he has consistently delivered excellent work on a wide variety of difficult and time sensitive projects. He works well under pressure and ensures that clients’ expectations are exceeded.

Wayne

President at LSM Consulting

Claudiu is an exceptional leader and visionary. His knowledge and expertise on security and privacy issues are commendable. On the several projects that I have worked with Claudiu, I find Claudiu to be articulate, meticulous and he has a great sense of humor which he brings to the work environment. I have great respect for Claudiu and know his peers and colleagues hold him in high regard. Without any doubt, he “rocks”.

Thérèse

Adjudicator and Compliance Expert

Claudiu was a pleasure to work with, his knowledge of security was superlative. He taught me a lot and provided the results we needed exceeding my expectations. I highly recommend Claudiu.

Monty

Manager, Regional Healthcare

Claudiu has an amazing understanding of the common risks and necessary controls required to protect a company’s most important asset – information. He is armed with various professional certifications, and is able to explain the risks and recommendations in terms appropriate for functional business users as well as IT staff. What I found most interesting is his insight that often a company’s weakest link is not their IT infrastructure, but their own people. His various training programs help address this common weakness. I found it a pleasure to work with Claudiu.

Mike

Data centre director

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Claudiu Popa specializes in security strategy and information asset protection and advocates for education and risk assessment for all businesses. Popa co-founded Canada’s only cybersafety foundation, where he oversees academic research and data-driven education programs. Over the past two decades, he has designed processes, testing methods, and standardized security auditing and information assurance systems that scale across supply chains.

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