Imraan Bashir is the Executive Director of Cyber Security within the Office of the Chief Information Officer at Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS), where he is responsible for internal government-wide cyber security strategy and oversight functions. This includes the establishment of standards and provision of direction to 100+ organizations in order to establish a consistent enterprise-wide security posture and enable the secure delivery of services to Canadians. In this role, Imraan also leads the government’s Digital Identity program, implementing a pan-Canadian approach to allow trusted access to online services.

Imraan is a vocal member of the Government of Canada’s security community, advocating for practitioners to take a more balanced risk-based approach to security, with focus on enabling business outcomes. Imraan is a staunch believer of #pragmaticsecurity, and can be found often ranting about this on Twitter.

Imraan has spent his entire career in the IT/cyber security domain, spending time in both private and public sectors. In 2019, Apolitical named Imraan one of the world’s top 100 most influential people in digital government.