Andrew Faber

Andrew Faber is the Director, IT Security Risk Management at the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA), operator of Toronto Pearson International, Canada’s largest airport. Andrew is responsible for the GTAA’s information security services organization and oversees the team that not only develops the organization’s information security strategy and roadmap, but also manages delivery of that strategy through IT Security governance and awareness training. A key element of Andrew’s role consists of ensuring that an appropriate cyber security incident response plan is both in place and well aligned with the airport’s overall incident response plan. Throughout his career, Andrew has successfully developed and delivered information security roadmaps for a number of organizations across multiple industries, including financial services, health care, retail and telecommunications. Andrew holds both a CISSP certification from ISC2 and an ABCP certification from the Disaster Recovery Institute in Canada. Prior to joining the GTAA, Andrew was the Director of Information Security for Aimia (Aeroplan) responsible for the company’s Canadian business units. Andrew has also specialized in the Payment Card Industry Compliance program as a certified auditor.