Primary Job Title Co-founder, President & CTO Primary Organization Crypto4a
Location Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Regions Great Lakes Gender Male
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With more than 30 years in the security industry, Bruno Couillard, P.Eng., brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the field of technology and cyber security. He is best known for his leading role in the development of the Luna hardware security module (HSM) and as the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Chrysalis-ITS (Gemalto).
Bruno contributed in defining the PKCS#11 Standard, the API to cryptographic tokens.
From 2003 to 2016, as President and CTO of BC5 Consulting, Bruno served as a consultant for the Canadian federal government focused on security projects. He led the security design and evaluation of multiple high assurance military security products, has served with the Canadian delegation on NATO standardization committees, and has been involved with the Canadian Cryptographic Modernization Program since its inception as one of its lead senior architects.
Bruno has authored patents on security of root key transfer; time stamping; time synchronization; amongst others, and continues to develop new ones to this day. He is recognized as a thought leader in the cyber security space, is often quoted in journals and has been invited to speak at a multitude of conferences.
Bruno also served 10 years as a Telecommunications Officer for the Canadian Armed Forces where he earned his Electrical Engineering degree from the Royal Military College of Canada.
