About.

STEVE SAUNDERS is a Cyber Executive with 20+ years of global experience in collaborative cyber-risk mitigation, serving clients in Canadian, NATO and U.S. Federal governments (DND, US DoD (SPAWAR, DMDC), NSA, RCMP) and in a wide range of industries including:

• Finance (Bank of Canada, Visa, Laurentian Bank, ING Direct, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Swedebank)
• Healthcare (BC's Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), US Stanford Medical Center, UK's National Health Service (NHS))
• Critical Infrastructure (Areva, Brookfield Renewable, Total, Union Pacific Railroad).

Prior to founding SAUNDERS GRC, Steve held senior positions at national and global consulting firms in Canada, and in companies based in Silicon Valley (USA) and  Paris (France). He is a Canadian Veteran, bilingual (English/French), and Secret cleared.

Steve is based out of Ottawa, Canada but provides services across North America with a focus on Ottawa, Toronto, New York, and Washington (DC).

CERTIFICATIONS & DEGREES HELD:

• Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Systems, Carleton University
• CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional
• CRISC - Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control

• CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor

• CIPP/C - Certified Information Privacy Professional/Canada

• CCSK - Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge

• SAP HANA Cloud Platform Essentials

• ACE Practitioner (Accredited Cyber Essentials - UK)

• Emergency Management Ontario's IMS100 - Incident Management

• Machine Learning (AI) - Stanford University
• Blockchain Basics - University of Buffalo and SUNY