Candidate membre
Liza Aboud

Expérience au sein du conseil d’administration

Je préside actuellement le comité des risques et de la stratégie d’entreprise de la Motor Vehicle Sales Authority of BC (VSA). La VSA garantit une expérience d’achat de véhicules automobiles sûre et fiable et mobilise et éduque l’industrie et les consommateurs dans l’intérêt public, principalement par le biais de canaux en ligne.

L’expérience de membre de conseil d’administration et de direction de CIRA en matière de surveillance de l’atténuation des risques liés à la cybersécurité et d’évaluation des avantages et des risques liés à l’intelligence artificielle est importante pour CIRA. Mon expérience de membre de conseil d’administration et de direction comprend la planification stratégique et la gestion des risques d’entreprise, en particulier en ce qui concerne les organisations qui doivent trouver un équilibre entre les objectifs à but lucratif et non lucratif.

Expérience de direction

Je suis cheffe de l’exploitation chez Engineers and Geoscientists BC, un organisme de réglementation qui supervise 40 000 ingénieurs et géoscientifiques et 4 000 entreprises. Je supervise les services/fonctions suivants : stratégie, gouvernance d’entreprise, systèmes d’information, y compris la cybersécurité et l’intelligence artificielle, DEI et vérité et réconciliation, communication et engagement, formation continue et confidentialité.

J’ai étée vice-présidente de la Land Title and Survey Authority of BC (LTSA) de 2007 à 2019. J’ai co-créé la filiale à but lucratif de la LTSA, LandSure Systems, et j’ai fait partie de l’équipe chargée de monétiser les services en ligne existants, de diriger la conceptualisation de nouveaux systèmes en ligne pour des tiers et de réduire les risques liés à ces efforts. J’ai également introduit et gérée la conception de l’expérience utilisateur pour les services en ligne de l’organisation.

Et un peu sur ma vie personnelle. Je vis en Colombie-Britannique, mais j’ai grandi au Québec dans une famille trilingue. En dehors du travail, mes passions sont les voyages, la cuisine de l’Asie occidentale et les grands espaces de la Colombie-Britannique.

Je sollicite humblement votre soutien lors de cette élection !

-Liza Aboud, MBA, ABC, ICD.D

Questions obligatoires

1. Expliquez, de votre point de vue, ce que CIRA fait et pourquoi son rôle est important.

CIRA manages the .CA domain name system and also provides registry services to other Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) clients and generic TLD (gTLD) domain clients.

CIRA’s role is becoming more critical each year as Canadian businesses, governments, and NGOs are highly dependent on online commerce and service delivery for their products and services. Without CIRA’s robust registry and cybersecurity services, the security, reliability, and performance of the .CA domain system and other domain systems managed by CIRA could be compromised, putting the internet community relying on these domains, and purchasers/members accessing these domains, at risk. The outcome would be the loss of integrity and trust in Canada’s very own .CA domain, an asset that is integral to Canada’s economy and the exchange of information across Canada.

Through its Net Good program, CIRA support projects, communities and policies to improve the internet for Canadians through three pillars – infrastructure, online safety and policy engagement. As part of Net Good, CIRA annually funds grants for community-led internet initiatives. CIRA also collaborates with partners and peers around the world to keep the internet open and safe.

-Liza Aboud

2. Pourquoi désirez-vous faire partie du conseil d’administration de CIRA? Dans votre réponse, veuillez préciser les compétences et l’expérience particulières que vous possédez et qui font de vous un candidat compétent.

As an incumbent CIRA board director, I have seen CIRA grow in terms of its maturity, and fully understand the benefits it brings to its stakeholders. I want to continue the work I and other directors have invested in CIRA’s upcoming strategic plan and see it come to fruition.

I offer deep executive and board experience at organizations operating in the public interest, some of which have had mandates to become multi-service, multi-product organizations and drive revenue (offer some services at no cost, and others for a fee).

I have positioned myself at the integration of strategy and governance, product and service development, the oversight of IT/cybersecurity/AI, and the public interest.

I also offer CIRA a unique vantage point as a bilingual female executive of West Asian heritage located in BC!

– 2021 CIRA Elections –

I was elected in 2021 on the CIRA NomCom slate.

– Board Experience –

• I am currently Chair of the Enterprise Risk and Strategy Committee of the Vehicle Sales Authority of BC.
• I have served as Committee Chair on numerous boards and was co-founder of a not-for-profit association.
• I completed the ICD Director’s Education Program and Not for Profit Governance program and take ongoing ICD and other education.

– Executive Experience –

• I am COO at Engineers and Geoscientists BC where I oversee strategic planning, governance, information systems including cyber security and AI, privacy, and many other functions.
• I was a VP with the Land Title and Survey Authority of BC (LTSA), which operates multiple registries and provides land information.
• I was an officer with the LTSA’s for-profit subsidiary, LandSure Systems, and led many functions including service research and planning, and UX Design. I worked with my peers to monetize existing online information services and was a key player in the development of new online registries and other services, and de-risking these endeavors.

– Cybersecurity knowledge –

In terms of cybersecurity, I currently oversee the Information Systems function at my current employer.
• Over the past few years, I have crisis managed attempted system intrusions, information scraping, data breaches, DDOS attacks, and other issues affecting customers or internal operations, and provided input into a ransomware policy
• I have taken extensive board training in cybersecurity and AI
• I understand website development, hosting, and hosting concerns which have been a critical part of my communications roles for years.
• Am familiar with areas of law related to CIRA’s business, involving contracts, privacy, trademarks, copyrights and patents.

-Liza Aboud

3. Selon vous, quels sont les trois principaux défis et possibilités qui se présenteront à CIRA au cours des trois à cinq prochaines années? Quelle approche adopteriez-vous pour résoudre ces enjeux?

Here are the top challenges and opportunities facing CIRA over the next 3 years:

1. Challenge: Stagnant growth in .CA registrations

Solving the challenge/creating opportunity:

• Work with registrars to communicate the value of the .CA domain to younger Canadians and new immigrants

• Promote multi-language/character domain names.

• Encourage strategic domain .CA purchasing for buyers (with a Canadian presence) who already own other domains to protect and promote their brands, or for people to own and control their own digital presence.

2. Challenge: Increase in global quantity and complexity of AI-driven cybersecurity threats resulting in more lethal attacks, etc.

Solving the challenge/creating opportunity:

• Continue to leverage CIRA’s efforts and investments to counteract cybersecurity threats into affordable services that can be offered to other organizations.

• Improve Canada’s internet infrastructure through the increase/relocation of IXPs and the completion of the Traceroute Database to ensure data safety and sovereignty.

• Continue to encourage digital literacy for community organizations/NGOs

• Continue to encourage the federal government to provide threat intelligence data to trusted cybersecurity service providers, continue to fund the adoption of cybersecurity technologies for organizations of all types, and work to educate Canadians on cyber risks (CIRA Bill 26 Review).

3. Challenge: Geopolitical internet matters (splinternet) and domestic policy issues affect CIRA

Solving the challenge/creating opportunity:

• CIRA must to advocate for a free, open and interoperable internet by continuing to actively participate with domestic and international thought leaders and partners to promote the security and resilience of the internet. Ensure a key part of CIRA’s international collaboration is geared, among other things, to mitigating cyberthreats and establishing best practices combatting DNS abuse or cross-border electronic evidence sharing (Canadians Connected May 2024).

-Liza Aboud

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