Okanagan Chapter - Local Learning with a Perk: Cyber Security Awareness

Event Date: May 12, 2023

By Ashling Diamond

Published Date: May 16, 2023

Photo credit: Getty Images

On Friday, May 12, CPA members and students, networked and engaged ahead of local speaker and cybersecurity consultant, Garland Sharratt’s talk on Cyber security best practices.

Garland was able to discuss the good, bad and ugly of human nature password management and how to better protect your passwords and provided some simple solutions to add additional levels of protection.

The host, Community Futures, Vernon, provided coffee, tea and Timbits to our members.

The Chapter would like to thank everyone who attended and look forward to seeing you at the next Local Learning with a Perk event.

Speaker Bio

Garland Sharratt was Security Architect and GRC Specialist at Hootsuite in Vancouver until he (very happily) moved in 2018 to Kelowna, where he is now a consultant in cybersecurity / information security and resilience. Garland's career has spanned multiple business and technical roles in the fields of telecommunications, voice and video over ATM and IP, SaaS-based services, software, and information security. Garland has lived and worked in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K., holds a BASc in Electrical Engineering and an MBA, and a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification.

More about Garland Sharratt.