Canadian Insider Threat Awareness Month (CITAM)
The Canadian Insider Risk Management Centre of Excellence will be hosting the Insider Risk Management Security Partnerships Summit* on September 15-16, as part of Five Eyes Insider Risk Practitioner Alliance (FIRPA) week this year.
Coordinated in partnership with:
*Admission to the Summit is by invitation only--if you are interested, please inquire here.
Master of Ceremonies
FIRPA Week
The Honorable William R. Evanina
Founder and CEO of the Evanina Group, LLC.
Former Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center
Mr. Evanina currently serves as Founder and CEO of the Evanina Group advising CEOs and Board of Directors on strategic corporate risk. Mr. Evanina provides a wide array of elite strategic risk consultation services and tabletop exercises to Boards of Directors, CEOs, and senior decision makers operating within a very complex and competitive global economy and with nefarious nation state actors. Clients include corporations within energy, financial services, telecommunications, biomedical, technology, private equity, national security, and retail sectors.
Previously, Mr. Evanina was nominated by President Trump and subsequently confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 6, 2020, to be the first Senate-confirmed Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC). Mr. Evanina served as the Director of NCSC since June 2, 2014. In this position, he was the head of Counterintelligence (CI) for the U.S. Government.
Mr. Evanina was responsible for leading and supporting the CI and security activities of the US Intelligence Community, the U.S. Government, and U.S. private sector entities at risk from intelligence collection or attack by foreign adversaries.
Prior to his selection as the Director of NCSC, Mr. Evanina served as the Chief of the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) Counterespionage Group preceded by serving as Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, where he led operations in both the Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Divisions.
Mr. Evanina served over 31 years of distinguished federal service, 24 of which as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Mr. Evanina was born and raised in Peckville, PA. He holds an Associate’s Degree in History from Keystone College in LaPlume, PA, a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration from Wilkes University in Wilkes Barre, PA, and a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Arcadia University in Philadelphia. Mr. Evanina was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities from Keystone College.
Mr. Evanina resides in Alexandria, VA and is married to his wife JulieAnne and has two sons, Dominic and Will.