Cybersecurity expert shares industry insights with UOIT students

Author, entrepreneur and leading Canadian information security expert Dave Millier recently visited campus to share his experiences in the cybersecurity industry with 50 students in the University of Ontario Institute of Technology’s (UOIT) Faculty of Business and Information Technology.

Millier has been involved in cybersecurity for almost 20 years. He has helped found several information security companies, including:

• MIDAC Solutions
• Quick Intelligence
• Sentry Metrics (sold to Herjavec Group in 2014)
• Uzado

In 2015 he authored Breached! A cautionary tale of cybersecurity and intrigue (Lioncrest Publishing). The book explores how companies struggle with cybersecurity strategies and outlines what they can do to get it right. Participants received a copy of Breached! at the end of Millier’s presentation.

“We are honoured to have such a successful information security executive share his story with Networking and Information Technology (IT) students,” said fourth-year student Jason Whelan, who is also President of the UOIT Networking and IT Security Students’ Society. “There's a lot students can learn from someone like Dave Millier. He shed light on what we can expect as we begin our careers.”