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Chris Covell is a seasoned technology and security executive with extensive experience in senior leadership roles across various industries. Currently serving as Principal Consultant at SideChannel since May 2021, Chris specializes in vCISO services and strategic advisory for clients in the crypto trading, alternative investment, and wellness sectors. Previously, Chris held the positions of Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Information Officer at Absolute Software, ensuring endpoint security and data risk management. Additional notable roles include Chief Information Officer at Boston Pizza, Chief Technology Officer at Best Buy Canada, and various leadership positions at TD Securities and Burns Fry Limited/BMO Nesbit Burns. Chris holds a Business Administration Certificate from Ivey Business School at Western University and has played a pivotal role in transforming IT infrastructures and managing large-scale projects throughout their career.
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Virtual Experts. Real Cybersecurity & Privacy.At SideChannel, we match companies with an expert virtual CISO (vCISO) & privacy officer (vCPO), so your organization can assess cyber risk, privacy needs and ensure cybersecurity compliance — all without jeopardizing your financial assets. Is your organization ready to take control of itssecurity and privacy?From providing your organization with an initial Risk Assessment to helping ensure cybersecurity compliance, our services are designed to give exactly what your organization needs, when it’s needed, without any added hassle. Working with SideChannel means to work with actual CISOs and CPOs, with private and public sector experience, solving critical problems for Fortune 500 companies and beyond. We’re not a group of consultants working from a cookie-cutter playbook. We’re not a team of junior analysts.We’re SideChannel – seasoned experts with decades of experience, and we’re ready to transform the way your organization thinks about cybersecurity & privacy.