Shawn Chaput

Information Security Architect, Central 1 Credit Union

Shawn R. Chaput is an Information Security Architect with Central 1 Credit Union, in Vancouver, Canada. With a past of entrepreneurship, running his own PCI QSA company, and working for large consulting firms like IBM, EDS/HP, and Accenture, he has more than 20 years of experience in information security, now specializing in strategy and compliance related to regulations like PCI DSS, SWIFT, OSFI, and BCFSA.

Shawn holds a Master of Business Administration focusing on the Management of Technology from the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University and an BA in Economics and Political Science from the University of Winnipeg. Over the last 25 years, he has also collected more than thirty industry certifications across multiple technical and best practices disciplines, such as those from (ISC)2, IIA, PMI, Microsoft365/Azure, and Amazon.