Sunil Chand

Canada Security Leader, CGI

Sunil Chand is a security management professional with more than 20 years of experience. Prior to joining Grant Thornton LLP, he held the role of Director, Information Security Consulting Services for TELUS Security and Chief Information Security Officer for a number of other organizations. Furthermore, he has developed and executed go-to market strategies for Governance, Risk and Compliance and Threat and Vulnerability Assessment services, corporate information security strategies aligned to organizations' business goals, among other recognized accomplishments.

CISO Panel: Cybersecurity After COVID-19

Presented by Sunil Chand , Olivera Zatezalo • September 11, 2020

As businesses and societies recover from pandemic-battling postures, what strategic adjustments and controls must CISOs employ as we enter this "pandemic rebuilding period", especially when it comes to reviewing third-party agreements and managing emerging technologies? Join this exclusive panel for unique insight...

Panel: What Got Us Here Won't Get Us There: The Core Elements of a Data Security Action Plan Moving Forward

Presented by Imran Ahmad , Kenrick Bagnall , Sunil Chand • September 11, 2017

In the wake of recent ransomware attacks, such as WannaCry, which have plagued organizations for the last year, what lessons do we have yet to learn? The widespread WannaCry attacks were not particularly sophisticated or stealth. So why did they have such an impact? In this session, panelists discuss why the "wartime...

GDPR Compliance: Are You Ready for 72-Hour Notification and the 'Right to be Forgotten'?

Presented by Imran Ahmad , Sunil Chand , Tom Field , Randy Sabett • August 17, 2017

The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation has been the buzz of 2017, and security leaders globally understand the regulation's basics, including the 72-hour breach reporting mandate, the May 2018 enforcement date and the noncompliance penalty of up to 4 percent of annual global revenue or 20 million...