Christine Coz

Christine Coz, MSc., CGEIT, CISSP, serves as the Senior Director and Principal Security Advisor for Executive Services - CIO and CISO Engagement at Info-Tech Research Group since November 2019. Additionally, Christine has been a part-time professor of Information Security at Conestoga College from September 2021 to December 2023. Previous roles include Head IT (CIO) and Chief Security and Privacy Officer at HDIRS from November 2016 to November 2019, and Director of IT at the same company from January 2015 to September 2016. Christine's extensive experience also includes positions as Director of Service Assurance Management at TD Bank, IT Security Officer and IT Risk at the City of Vaughan, Director of IT Infrastructure and Security at Infrastructure Ontario, and Sr. Manager IT Services at OACCAC. Christine began a career at OPTrust as Sr. Manager, IT and Security. Education includes an MSc in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of London, completion of the Financial Literacy Program at the University of Toronto, and a diploma in Computer Programming and Systems from DeVry Institute of Technology.