Claudiu Popa
CEO, Informatica Corporation
Information shapes the global economy. It is not just ubiquitous but essential. It drives progress, it powers interpersonal trust and it is the very fabric upon which abstract notions are anchored. Things like trust, identity, value. For over 20 years, Claudiu Popa has been professionally and personally involved in the rapidly evolving field of information management, witnessing trends in IT and enterprise risk. Claudiu Popa is a dynamic presenter who brings attitude, passion and character to engaging events. In his professional life he helps the world’s best companies protect their most valuable assets. His unique background and influence in the industry make him a trusted risk advisor to leaders and a respected expert to the media. He is also a published author, with high profile titles ranging from enterprise risk governance to small business security and privacy. His work is a continuous process of helping to safeguard the world’s most important currency: information. A rich personal and professional background empowers him to advise at the highest levels, on matters of technology security and physical protection, privacy rights and risk governance, accountability and reputational impact. Throughout the process, he builds strong relationships, helps solve real-world problems and earns the respect of his audience. The sensitivity of the work offers invaluable insight into how risk-based decisions are made, how governance impacts accountability, reputation, culture, and how that culture impacts the performance of each and every enterprise. That readily applicable trove of relevant knowledge is now available to discerning audiences. As part of his lectures, Claudiu Popa brings a rich repertoire of relevant situations – along with his passion for knowledge – to discerning groups, having consulted for global corporations, all levels of government and spoken at major industry events. He is the author of two keystone books on data protection, providing thought leadership through standards-based frameworks and offering engaging examples of proper risk governance: The Canadian Privacy and Data Security Toolkit for Small and Mid-Size Enterprises (CICA, 2009) and Managing Personal Information: Insights on Corporate Risk and Opportunity for Privacy-Savvy Leaders (Reuters, 2012). Claudiu Popa is a respected voice in the security and privacy industry having co-authored research publications with the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, collaborated with the Canadian Standards Association on global standards, and continuing to work with progressive academic bodies to study the value and effects of information. He is the founder of Informatica Research, a non-profit practice area that contributes to the industry by publishing materials of importance across interdisciplinary boundaries. He is also the founder of KnowledgeFlow, a non-profit initiative dedicated to providing Canadian non-profits access high quality educational content to protect children and youth against cyberbullying, privacy breaches and online scams. Claudiu is a respected media contributor with regular appearances on notable television and radio programs, print publications and across a broad spectrum of social media properties. His current professional credentials are the top certifications from some of the industry’s most important organizations: ISC2, ISACA, IAPP and PMI. Consistently approachable, Claudiu welcomes audience participation and comments at every venue. His broad social media profile is matched by an openness that affords him close contact with readers, listeners and viewers alike. All are testaments to his dedication to a personal and professional passion for sharing knowledge and offering lessons learned from helping leaders to protect the most valuable intangible asset in the global economy.
Information shapes the global economy. It is not just ubiquitous but essential. It drives progress, it powers interpersonal trust and it is the very fabric upon which abstract notions are anchored. Things like trust, identity, value. For over 20 years, Claudiu Popa has been professionally and personally involved in the rapidly evolving field of information management, witnessing trends in IT and enterprise risk. Claudiu Popa is a dynamic presenter who brings attitude, passion and character to engaging events. In his professional life he helps the world’s best companies protect their most valuable assets. His unique background and influence in the industry make him a trusted risk advisor to leaders and a respected expert to the media. He is also a published author, with high profile titles ranging from enterprise risk governance to small business security and privacy. His work is a continuous process of helping to safeguard the world’s most important currency: information. A rich personal and professional background empowers him to advise at the highest levels, on matters of technology security and physical protection, privacy rights and risk governance, accountability and reputational impact. Throughout the process, he builds strong relationships, helps solve real-world problems and earns the respect of his audience. The sensitivity of the work offers invaluable insight into how risk-based decisions are made, how governance impacts accountability, reputation, culture, and how that culture impacts the performance of each and every enterprise. That readily applicable trove of relevant knowledge is now available to discerning audiences. As part of his lectures, Claudiu Popa brings a rich repertoire of relevant situations – along with his passion for knowledge – to discerning groups, having consulted for global corporations, all levels of government and spoken at major industry events. He is the author of two keystone books on data protection, providing thought leadership through standards-based frameworks and offering engaging examples of proper risk governance: The Canadian Privacy and Data Security Toolkit for Small and Mid-Size Enterprises (CICA, 2009) and Managing Personal Information: Insights on Corporate Risk and Opportunity for Privacy-Savvy Leaders (Reuters, 2012). Claudiu Popa is a respected voice in the security and privacy industry having co-authored research publications with the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, collaborated with the Canadian Standards Association on global standards, and continuing to work with progressive academic bodies to study the value and effects of information. He is the founder of Informatica Research, a non-profit practice area that contributes to the industry by publishing materials of importance across interdisciplinary boundaries. He is also the founder of KnowledgeFlow, a non-profit initiative dedicated to providing Canadian non-profits access high quality educational content to protect children and youth against cyberbullying, privacy breaches and online scams. Claudiu is a respected media contributor with regular appearances on notable television and radio programs, print publications and across a broad spectrum of social media properties. His current professional credentials are the top certifications from some of the industry’s most important organizations: ISC2, ISACA, IAPP and PMI. Consistently approachable, Claudiu welcomes audience participation and comments at every venue. His broad social media profile is matched by an openness that affords him close contact with readers, listeners and viewers alike. All are testaments to his dedication to a personal and professional passion for sharing knowledge and offering lessons learned from helping leaders to protect the most valuable intangible asset in the global economy.
