Thoughts on Cloud Computing and Security
Presenter
Tiago de Jesus, Ph.D.
Mr. de Jesus received an undergraduate degree in mathematics and physics from l’Université de Montréal before obtaining a Masters in theoretical physics from the University of British Columbia (UBC). He later attended McGill University where he completed a PhD in nano-electronics. After his doctorate, he worked in the financial sector on Bay Street in Toronto, where he developed risk management models for the global portfolio for one Canada’s “Big Five”. He left the financial world to start-up two high-tech companies that developed state-of-the-art computer simulation software for chip designers.
After his time as an entrepreneur, he came to Ottawa to pursuit a career in National Security. He joined the RCMP’s National Security program where he worked as a Senior Intelligence Research Specialist for the Critical Infrastructure Criminal Intelligence (CICI) unit. There he became the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the National Security Criminal Investigations (NSCI) program. In this role he was the RCMP’s National Security lead for the Cyber Triage Unit (CTU), which was responsible for analysing cyber attacks against GC networks; played a leading role various Cyber Exercises; and pursued National Security cyber investigations.
He also managed multiple Science & Technology (S & T) security projects funded by Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), including Canada’s first cyber security research project involving Industrial Control Systems (ICS). He later worked to set up an ICS test-bed at NRCan, which evolved into the National Energy Infrastructure Test Centre (NEITC). Dr. Alves de Jesus is also a Civilian Expert for NATO’s Rapid Response Team.
Today, he is a research associated at Carleton University’s Infrastructure Resilience Research Group (IRRG) and co-founder of Quantum Cyber Defence.
