The Internet of Things

Mark Hearn, Strategic Business Development, IoT Security at Irdeto. From product manager to cybersecurity expert, Mark is currently growing the important security solution, Cloakware by Irdeto, A world-class cybersecurity solution for connected automobiles, digital media, smart spaces and IoT devices, keeping tampering and hackers out. Feel free to engage with us on Twitter using the hashtag #IoT613. https://iot613.ca/podcast/ Listen on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/mark-hearn-iot-security-irdeto/id1372581279?i=1000408938355&mt=2 0:00 INTRO 1:05 Can you tell us a bit about your background and how you came to join Irdeto? 3:30 Career development at Cloakware and Irdeto. 4:27 Tell us about Irdeto’s solutions. How do they work? Who are they for? 6:30 Irdeto Customers, Connected Devices and Users 7:12 With the growth of IoT in all industries and sectors, how has Irdeto kept up with the cybersecurity industry as a leader? 9:02 Can you tell us some of the challenges related to Connected Spaces and Connected Transportation? 10:54 Irdeto has 15 offices across the world with head office in the Netherlands. Can you speak about how the Ottawa office contributes to the Irdeto ecosystem? 13:25 Do you find Ottawa has the talent, partners and skills to help Irdeto? 14:23 I understand the Cloakware product learns from cyber attacks and gives clients and industry reports and analysis with plans to implement patches and updates. Can you tell me more about the reverse engineering and AI technology involved? 18:00 How do you see Irdeto evolving over the next decade or so? 19:30 What technologies interest you as an individual? 22:00 Thank you Mark for being a part of IoT613.

Dylan Horvath, owner of Cortex Design in Toronto, Ontario. Cortex visualizes, designs, and manufactures human-centric healthcare solutions for an expanding roster of international clients. In 2017 Cortex’s work for Cloud DX beat 330 international competitors to win one of the biggest moon-shot healthcare projects ever, the Qualcomm Tricorder “Bold Epic Innovator” XPRIZE..

Today on the show we have Nilufer Erdebil, a leading design thinker and CEO of Spring2 Innovation. An innovation consulting and training firm. Nilufer has been leading the charge across Canada with Design Thinking in her workshops and public speaking engagements. A ted talk alumni, you can catch Nilufer at the upcoming IoT613 Conference 2019 at the Canadian Museum of History on May 8 and 9.

On today's episode we tackle networks, cybersecurity, and business leadership with the brilliant, John Proctor, CEO of Martello.

HQ’d in Kanata Ontario, with offices in Europe and the United States. Martello is a leader in network performance. Martello products include unified communications performance management software, IT systems visualization software, and SD-WAN technology.

While we often hear the push for new and faster network installations, but we often overlook the need to make our current networks more efficient.

Martello products have been deployed in over 175 countries, supporting over 5,000 networks. Martello is on a rapid growth trajectory due to the superior quality of products and services they provide, and part of their growth strategy is acquisitions.

On today’s episode we speak with a well known Canadian technology and business leader, Leo Lax, who is currently spearheading L-Spark - a business and technology accelerator in Kanata, Ontario with a national and global reach.

L-Spark has accelerated more than 50 companies to date, and raised 45m$ by the portfolio, and now offers 3 different accelerator programs.

While SaaS remains a large focus for L-Spark, their latest acceleration programs are a vehicle for technological innovation for autonomous vehicles, healthcare, rail, and secure IoT among others.