Matthew MacNeil

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DIRECTOR, STANDARDS & TECHNOLOGY • CIO STRATEGY COUNCIL • FERGUS, ON

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BIO

Matthew MacNeil is the Director of Standards and Technology at the CIO Strategy Council. He has over 19 years of experience in the standards and certifications industry. Matthew has worked for various certification bodies and management consulting firms, while the bulk of his career has been with the British Standards Institution (BSI) where his focus was Information Security, IT and Risk standards.

Matthew currently sits on the Standards Council of Canada Advisory Committee for GDPR, as well as the Data Governance Standardization Collaboration.

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How National Standards are Shaping the Digital Economy
How National Standards are Shaping the Digital Economy

25-August | Written by Matthew MacNeil
Standards are industry guardrails. Their purpose is to protect stakeholders. Ever wonder how standards are established in the technology space and how they affect our digital economy? This article by Matthew MacNeil (Director, Standards and Technology, CIO Strategy Council) explains the internal processes involved in creating the National Standards of Canada, and how they shape our day to day. – Steve Tso

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Canada’s new Cyber Security Program for SMOs: An inside look at the development of Canada’s National Cyber Security Standard
Canada’s new Cyber Security Program for SMOs: An inside look at the development of Canada’s National Cyber Security Standard

18-August | Written by Matthew MacNeil
Hackers don’t care if you’re a Fortune 500 company or if you’re a mom and pop retail business. The notion of “we’re too small to get hit” is naive and dangerous in today’s age of automated cyber attacks. The CIO Strategy Council is working with the Canadian Federal Government to put forth a set of standards specifically catered for small and medium sized businesses. In this article, Matt MacNeil (Director, Standards and Technology, CIO Strategy Council) shares background on this relationship and provides a preview of what the standards may look like. – Steve Tso

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