Fellow to Fellow – Ep. 5
In episode 5 of ISRM’s Fellow to Fellow features highly respected global thought leader and security expert Michael Gips, F.ISRM. Join us for a listen as Michael shares his insights and what a Fellowship with the ISRM means to him, the importance of strategic partnerships with organizations, specifically between the ISRM and the Life Safe […]
Managing data centres’ power demand risk: Could SMRs power Canada’s sovereign cloud’s data centres?
by David Aanye M.ISRM Data centres are undoubtedly crucial to achieving a sovereign cloud. A sovereign cloud would comprise advanced computing infrastructure and data centres, housed within the country’s borders and hosting Canadian data, and governed by local laws only. While announcing the Major Project Office (MPO) inaugural priorities in Edmonton in September 2025, Prime […]
Risks And Opportunities Associated With Competing Options For Achieving A Sovereign Cloud Infrastructure
by David Aanye M.ISRM Data sovereignty and autonomy are increasingly critical to national security. Canadians’ growing dependence on digital services for daily needs, accelerated by rapid digital transformation, generates vast quantities of data. As a result, ensuring data sovereignty and autonomy is essential for protecting Canada’s national security and independence. Achieving this requires a sovereign […]
Hope Is Not A Security Strategy
by Nick Turner M.ISRM Public events are meant to feel open. Welcoming. Safe. But over the past decade, that sense of safety has too often been built on assumption rather than engineering—and the consequences have been deadly. Since 2010, vehicle ramming attacks at public gatherings across North America have killed 36 people and injured more […]
Fellow to Fellow – Ep. 4
The ISRM Fellow to Fellow series returns with Episode 4, reviving the platform that brings together Fellows of the Institute of Strategic Risk Management to share insights, experience and perspectives from across the global risk and resilience community. In this episode, Matthew Porcelli F.ISRM, President of the ISRM North America Hub, speaks with Roberto Manunta, F.ISRM , about what being part of the […]
ISRM Voices Episode 7: Making “Boring” Fun: Risk, Resilience and Facilitation with Teresa Riccio-Goodwin
Welcome to a milestone episode of ISRM Voices! For the very first time, we are crossing borders and taking the podcast global. Host Musaab Fagiri sits down with our first international guest, joining us all the way from South Australia—Teresa Riccio-Goodwin. Teresa is an ISRM Fellow, the Chair of the Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania […]
ISRM North America Hub: Frigid Resilience | Online
Over the last couple of months the New Jersey and New York metropolitan area was hit by record freezing temperatures and high snow accumulation, leading to city and state travel bans leaving essential workers stranded, local merchants closed and restricting access to food and other resources. As the protection of fixed assets requires 24/7 care […]
Special Influencers Edition by Security Journal Americas
We congratulate Matthew Porcelli, F.ISRM, President of the ISRM North America Hub, Danielle Weddepohl of the ISRM Canada Chapter and Christopher Stit F.ISRM, who are among 30 security thought leaders featured by Security Journal Americas (SJA). Security Journal Americas is a well-established industry publication that brings together voices from across the security and risk community […]
ISRM Voices Episode 6: Professionals Shaping Our Future
What does risk look like when investigating transnational organized crime? And what’s it really like to wake up as a “civilian” after 25 years behind the badge? In Episode 6 of ISRM Voices, Musaab Fagiri F.ISRM sits down with Scott Hayes M.ISRM, a former RCMP Sergeant turned Senior Security Analyst. Scott takes us inside the complex world of national security investigations, […]
Edward Colson – ISRM West Coast Chapter Chair
The ISRM North America Hub is pleased to welcome Edward Colson as Chair of the ISRM West Coast Chapter. Ed brings over a decade of expertise in disaster preparedness, emergency management and business continuity planning for nonprofits, businesses and public agencies across North America. As President of Ready Northwest, he provides strategic leadership on risk, resilience and crisis […]