About the Speaker
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    Adel Danesh
    CISO, Analytics 4 Life

    Adel Danesh has over 20 years of experience in IT and information security. Over the course of his professional career, he has been holding information security leadership roles in various organizations and spearheaded mission critical security and infrastructure projects. In his current job, Adel is a CISO at Analytics For Life, a medical research firm that is developing an innovative medical device for diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. He is leading the information security program which is aimed at implementing cybersecurity best practices in the design and operation of the medical device as well as protecting the organization against cyberattacks . Adel is the first elected president of (ISC)2 Toronto Chapter. The chapter has grown exponentially since it’s inception in 2012 and now has over 1500 members. Adel also has written articles that are published in a renowned information security magazine.