I Spied: Lessons From a Career in Canada's Secret Service.......
Guest Speaker: Andrew Kirsh, Author and
Ontario Expert Panelist on Cyber Security
Hybrid Meeting at: The National Club, Howland Room
Virtual Meeting Time: Members Segment Login Time: 12:00 Noon, Guests: 12:15pm to 1:15 PM
Topic: “I Spied: Lessons From a Career in Canada's Secret Service”
Host: Club Past President, Brian Westlake
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Biography
Andrew Kirsch served as an intelligence officer with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) for just under a decade. He held roles as a policy analyst and a field investigator, ultimately leading the special operations security team running covert warranted operations. After leaving CSIS he founded Kirsch Consulting Group (KCG) a boutique Risk Management firm assisting clients identify threats and vulnerabilities and implementing strategies to optimize security programs and mitigate risk. In 2020 he was appointed to the Ontario Expert Panel on Cyber Security, advising the government on strengthening cyber security practices in the broader public sector.
His book – I Was Never Here: My True Canadian Spy Story of Coffees, Code Names and Covert Operations in the Age of Terrorism is available wherever you buy your books. For more information visit: www.kirschcg.com