Seyed Hejazi, M.A.Sc., CISSP, PMP, GCIH, GREM, GCLD, CFE

Seyed is a member of MNP’s Digital Services team in Toronto. With nearly two decades of cybersecurity and information technology experience, Seyed helps clients with their cybersecurity and privacy risks, governance models, frameworks, and technologies. He works closely with a wide range of organizations to transform their cybersecurity practices by leveraging people, processes, and technologies to protect organizational confidentiality, preserve integrity, and promote the availability of information and information technology assets. He is a specialist in security operations, cyber threat intelligence, incident handling, digital forensics, and cybersecurity-related regulations. 

Seyed helps government organizations and those in the financial services, media, retail, mining, power and utilities, and higher education sectors operationalize, assess, and increase the efficacy of their cybersecurity capabilities. He also serves as a Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO). 

Seyed teaches Cyber Security Incident Management at the University of Toronto, preparing students to apply industry-leading practices and standards to the handling of cybersecurity incidents. 

Seyed earned a Master of Applied Science (MASc) in Quality Systems Engineering, with a digital forensic focus, from Concordia University in 2009. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Project Management Professional (PMP), Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM), GIAC Cloud Security Essentials (GCLD), and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and holds Government of Canada Secret Level clearance.