Sami Khoury is the Head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (the Cyber Centre). The Cyber Centre is the single, unified source of expert advice, guidance, services, and support on cybersecurity for the government, critical infrastructure owners and operators, the private sector, and the Canadian public.
Khoury began his career at the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) in 1992 as a research engineer, exploring the impact of emerging multimedia communications technologies. He held various management positions and leadership roles at CSE, including Director General of Capabilities Development and, more recently, Deputy Chief (ADM) for Enterprise Technologies and Solutions. In that role, he served as CSE’s Chief Information Officer (CIO), responsible for IT and information security, while also leading CSE’s overall research program and its 24/7 Operations Centre.
Khoury holds a Bachelor of Computer Engineering (1988) and a Master of Applied Science (1991) from Concordia University in Montreal. He also completed a certificate program in Public Sector Leadership at the University of Ottawa in 2016. He received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 and the APEX Award of Excellence for Innovation in 2020.