ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
CCN Conversations is the official podcast of the Canadian Cybersecurity Network, created to bring real voices and real experience directly to the cybersecurity community. Hosted by Francois Guay, founder of CCN, each episode opens the door to the people who are shaping how Canada protects, innovates, and grows.
This show brings you candid conversations with practitioners, CISOs, founders, researchers, builders, and rising talent from Canada and beyond. You will hear honest insight and stories that cut through noise and focus on what truly matters in security and technology today.
Whether you want to understand how modern security programs operate, learn what it takes to grow a cyber business, stay ahead of fast moving threats, or build a career that can thrive in a world of constant change, this is where you begin.
Welcome to the conversation.
This show brings you candid conversations with practitioners, CISOs, founders, researchers, builders, and rising talent from Canada and beyond. You will hear honest insight and stories that cut through noise and focus on what truly matters in security and technology today.
Whether you want to understand how modern security programs operate, learn what it takes to grow a cyber business, stay ahead of fast moving threats, or build a career that can thrive in a world of constant change, this is where you begin.
Welcome to the conversation.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 9 days
Average audio length:
20 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
30 episodes
since Dec. 10, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
What makes customers trust an organization, and what happens when that trust is lost?
In this episode of CCN Conversations, Francois Guay sits down with Darren Gallop, CEO and Co-Founder of Carbide and author of Built to Trust, to explore why trust should be treated as a business asset.
Darren intr…
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
In this episode of CCN Conversations, host Francois Guay speaks with Rakesh Jayaprakash, Director of Product Management at ManageEngine, about what organizations need to get right before accelerating their adoption of AI.
While businesses are moving quickly toward AI, cloud transformation, and aut…
In this episode of CCN Conversations, host Francois Guay sits down with members of UNIT 7300, including Nathan Chan, Paul Kriukov, James Wang, Chelsea Kensall, and Michael Thomas.
Founded in 2018, UNIT 7300 is a Canadian cybersecurity team dedicated to developing practical security skills through …
In this episode of CCN Conversations, host Francois Guay speaks with Michael Argast, CEO and Co-Founder of Kobalt, about entrepreneurship, cybersecurity, and why security should be viewed as a business enabler rather than a business blocker.
Michael shares the story behind Kobalt, from an unexpect…
In this episode of CCN Conversations, host Francois Guay speaks with David Shipley, CEO of Beauceron Security.
David shares his unconventional journey into cybersecurity, from serving as a soldier and working as a newspaper reporter and digital marketer, to helping respond to a cyber incident at t…
In this episode of CCN Conversations, host Francois Guay sits down with Evgeniy Kharam, cybersecurity strategist, solution architect, author, podcaster, and industry leader.
Evgeniy shares his journey from quality assurance and firewall testing to becoming a solution architect responsible for help…
In this episode of CCN Conversations, host Francois Guay speaks with Amisha Parikh, Vice President of Product Management, Cyber Intelligence Solutions at Mastercard.
Amisha shares her journey into cybersecurity and discusses the growing importance of trust, collaboration, and innovation in an incre…
In this episode of CCN Conversations, host Francois Guay speaks with Tim McCreight, CEO and Founder of TaleCraft Security.
With more than four decades in the security industry, Tim shares insights from his journey through physical security, cybersecurity leadership, enterprise risk management, and…
In this episode of CCN Conversations, host Francois Guay speaks with Shruti Mukherjee, Director of GRC, about the growing importance of governance, risk, and compliance in today’s rapidly evolving technology landscape.
Shruti shares her journey from software engineering into cybersecurity and GRC, …
In this episode of CCN Conversations, host François Guay speaks with William Mailhot about his unconventional path into cybersecurity and how curiosity, hands-on learning, and persistence shaped his career.
William shares how his interest in hacking game consoles led him into programming, reverse …
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