Pam Simpson

Strategic Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst, BMO Financial Group

Pam Simpson is a Strategic Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst at BMO within their Financial crimes Unit. In this role she analyzes the cyber threat landscape impacting BMO at a macro-level, producing relevant intel on innovative ransomware and nation-state threats and how to respond to them effectively. Aside from her role at BMO, she currently sits on the Scientific Executive Council for the Human-Centric Cybersecurity initiative, which leverages a transdisciplinary group of scholars, government, industry, and not-for-profit partners to help create a more secure and inclusive digital society. Pam previously worked as a researcher focusing on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism throughout her bachelors and master’s degree at Queen’s University, co-publishing the article “Tracking Transnational Terrorist Resourcing Nodes and Networks.” During her masters, she also studied initial coin offerings and distributed ledger technology as a visiting scholar at the University of Sydney Law School. Moving forward, Pam hopes to continue contributing to creating a culture of cyber resilience within Canada’s private and public sectors.