Evolving threats facing national security from state-sponsored attacks to dark web threads must be addressed with innovations, policies, and partnerships to shape Canada’s military, intelligence, and public security.
National Cybersecurity Consortium Conference
Achieving New Heights in Cybersecurity and Privacy
June 25-27, 2025 at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta
Panel 4 - Securing Canada: Evolving Threats and Innovations in Cybersecurity
Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm in room KC 203/205
Daniel Blanc is a recently retired senior military Officer with over 38 years of service. He has served various positions in all three Battalions of his Regiment, the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and has been deployed on operations to Croatia, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Middle East, Africa, South-East Asia and Europe.
After having served as an Infantry Company Commander in Afghanistan in 2004, he spent the next eight years in Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM).
After successful unit Command in the Army, he returned to Ottawa in the Strategic Joint Staff in 2015 and was appointed as the first Director of the newly established Directorate of National Security. He was responsible for Counterterrorism, Counter-WMD, diplomatic security support, and cyber operations in support of the Chief of Defence Staff and the Joint Force.
From June 2021 until November 2024, Colonel Blanc served as the Chief of Staff Operations of the Canadian Cyber Force (now Cyber Command) responsible for both domestic and international cyber operations of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Daniel is now the CEO of Wisdom Global Security (WGS), a full spectrum cyber and national security firm delivering discreet, precision advice and support to public and private industry clients around the world.
He is also the Director General and Ambassador-at-Large for the INCYBER Forum Canada and a strategic advisor with the Mindshield Institute.
Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Criminology, University of Manitoba.
Masters in Defence and Security studies from Royal Military College.
Panelists
Insp. John Lamming, Officer-in-Charge – Financial Integrity and Cybercrime in Edmonton, Northwest Region Federal Policing – RCMP
Kevin Paul, Director – Cybersecurity, Cybera
Arash Lashkari, Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University