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Tara Kissoon

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Tara Is a trusted advisor and collaborator who inspires others with confidence and certainty. As a strategist, coach and innovator, she brings to your organization “optimal spending on cybersecurity measures”.

Experience

Work history

CEO Director at IT Risk and Security Advisory Services

(March 2017 - Present)

Clients: o University of London (UofL) o Lumenus Mental Health, Development and Community Services o Canada’s Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) o Globe Life, American Income Life (AO) o TD Securities o Investor Group Management (IGM) Financial Inc. o Athabasca University (AU) o NTT Data / Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) Website: www.it-rs.org, www.thevirtualmall.ca

Managing Director Head of ITRM CSA GITRM at Bank of Montreal

(April 2016 - March 2017)

Second Line of Defense, IT Risk Management. - As the Head, IT Risk Management, Corporate Support Areas (ITRM CSAs), responsible to lead the second line of defense for 21 Information Risk (IR) and Technology Risk Management (TRM) CSAs, which encompassed the Technology Operational Risk Management functions.

Director of Wealth Management Center of Governance Technology Operations at Royal Bank of Canada RBC

(January 2015 - April 2016)

Second Line of Defense, IT Risk Management - Build the second line of defense for Wealth Management in the center of governance, - Work with a global cross functional second line of defense IT Risk team to support the Wealth Management Business Segment to include Identity & Access Management, Data Loss Prevention, Information Security Awareness Training and Compliance to policy, and acquisitions.

Associate Vice President Technology Risk Management Information Security at TD Bank

(March 2012 - January 2015)

First and Second Line of Defense, IT Risk Management - Lead a team of 25 BTRMs to support Canadian Banking (TDCT), TD Insurance, Canadian Auto Finance, Canadian Cards, North American Merchant Services and Payment Card Industry initiatives across the enterprise. This included mergers and acquisitions: MBNA, Aeroplan, UGO and Target.

Director Corporate Security at BlackBerry

(August 2011 - March 2012)

Mobile Payment Security First Line of Defense to include Risk and Security - Worked with Legal, Corporate Security and Blackberry Security on payment initiatives to include Payment Card Industry (PCI), Near Field Communication (NFC), Trusted Service Manager (TSM). This included achieving the first Visa & MC approved NFC devices and the Trusted Service Manager (TSM) to support RBC's Pilot initiative.

Director at VISA

(January 2005 - August 2011)

- Visa Canada's CISO responsible for implementing key controls, employee training and comprehensive client security reviews across systems, security controls, data flow architecture, key management and cryptography. - Responsible for leading the global evolution of Visa's PIN Security (PIN), Card Vendor (AVP) and Access Control Standard (ACS) Program to include alignment with payment brands. - Represented Visa at the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) on the Technical Working Group (TWG).

College Professor / Instructor at Seneca College

(September 1997 - September 2007)

• Responsible for developing, preparing, and delivering courses within the School of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). • As the Curriculum Coordinator, led the development, delivery and evaluation of IT curriculum, Data Communication, Security, Novell and Cisco Academy Training Courses. (MCP/MCT, CCAI). • Member of the Advisory Committee to establish the proposal for an Applied Degree - Informatics, with a specialization in Security and Privacy.

IT Consultant IT Audit at Alex Woda Associates Tara International

(October 1998 - December 2004)

Clients include: Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC), Ministry of Attorney General, Members of Visa Canada, Members of the Interac Association, Region of York, Cooperative Trust of Canada (CTCC), Aetna Insurance, Sears Canada, IntesaBank, Forestors, INCO, American Standards and Manulife Financial.

Education

Credentials

Rotman School of Management University of Toronto

Master's degree in Business, graduated June 2010

September 2008 - June 2010

• School of Engineering, Physical and Mathematical Science, Royal Holloway, University of London,

Master's degree

Courses

University of London Degree Staff Training Course

Completed April 2024