Oversight Is the Job. Judgement Is What Makes It Real.
by Gigi Agassini and Shawn Ford Between late December 2025 and mid-February 2026, a single operator used Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s GPT-4.1 to breach nine Mexican government organizations and exfiltrate hundreds of millions of citizen records. According to an April 2026 technical report from Israeli security vendor, Gambit Security, the operator logged 1,088 prompts […]
Tomorrow’s Problem Rarely Comes Today
by Scott Hayes M.ISRM Decision Fatigue, Present Bias, and the Attention Problem in Strategic Risk Management Risk practitioners know the feeling. You bring a well-structured analysis to the table. The logic is sound, the evidence is credible, and the exposure is real. The decision-maker nods, acknowledges the concern and thanks you for the info. Tells […]
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 […]
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 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, […]
ISRM Voices Episode 5: From Guards to Strategy
What does it take to move security from “Guards, Guns, and Gates” to a strategic business partner? And why do 80% of AI projects fail to reach operations? In Episode 5 of ISRM Voices, Musaab Fagiri sits down with Gigi Agassini (CPP), Principal Consultant at GA Advisory and a passionate advocate for Enterprise Security Risk […]
ISRM Voices Episode 4: Calm, Clear & Kind: Leading Big Nights
The ISRM Canada Chapter has released the fourth episode of ISRM Voices, a series highlighting the human stories behind the profession. In this preview, Aaron Billesberger F.ISRM shares powerful lessons from a career in public safety and event management: Aaron’s key insight: “Most problems aren’t about intent—they’re about information”. The full episode also includes a second high-stakes […]
ISRM Voices Episode 3: Creativity, Care & Public Space
The ISRM Canada Chapter has released the third episode of ISRM Voices, a series highlighting the human stories behind the profession. In this episode, Jordan Myers, Project Manager – Public Safety at the City of Vancouver, reflects on the experiences that shaped his approach to public life and community: Jordan’s definition of safety: Carving out public space so […]