Protect Your Organization: Cybersecurity in Senior Care

October 10, 17, and 24, 2024 10 AM - 12 PM (3-part webinar series)

$150 Members/Webinar or $420 for all three sessions ($30 discount) $225 Non-members or $645 for all three sessions ($30 discount)

Data breaches, financial losses, reputational damage and liability issues are all potential risks for not-for-profit senior care organizations as cyber attacks continue to rise. Help your home or service take action by learning about the most current threats and strategies to prevent, prepare for and mitigate malicious cyber incidents.
This tailored series will broaden your awareness of the scope and potential impacts of these threats and teach principles and best practices applicable to all member settings. Learn how to prevent and respond to cyber attacks and breaches, and pick up risk mitigation tools and resources. Industry experts and AdvantAge Ontario members will address critical questions designed to help ready your organization’s defenses against bad actors in the cyber space.

Webinar 1 Thursday, October 10, 2024		Fundamentals of Cybersecurity >Understand cybersecurity concepts and principles as well as the leading kinds of cyber threats such as malware, phishing, ransomware, denial-of-service and data breaches. >Learn about best practices for prevention and response and who in your organization should be involved in cybersecurity and governance. >Identify critical first steps to take to protect your organization and how to set up a cybersecurity assessment or audit. Explore the session's speakers! Francis Syms, Associate Dean, FAST, Humber College Karine Taillefer, Manager, Program Evolution, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security Amer Mustafa, Senior Executive President, Indusflow Systems Inc.
Webinar 2 October 17, 2024		Cyber Threats are Real: Learning from Real-World Examples >Discover how cyber attacks have impacted a variety of organizations through real-world examples and case studies. >Hear from a member home about how its operations and resident care were affected by a cyber breach, how it responded, and the steps it has taken to minimize future risk. >Consider what is required in a cyber risk mitigation plan, how your organization would respond to an incident, its legal obligations, and how to choose appropriate insurance. Explore the session's speakers! Holly Odoardi, Senior Administrator, Long Term Care Division, Macassa Lodge & Wentworth Lodge, Healthy & Safe Communities Department, City of Hamilton Imran Ahmad, Partner and Head of Technology, Co-Chair Cybersecurity and Data Privacy, Norton Rose Fulbright Hesam Mahdavi, CEO, Zodiac Light Waves Shahbaz Haque, HIROC Jonathan Bracaqmonte, HIROC Cyrus Tehrani, Chief Digital Officer and Director of Innovation, Long Term Care Division, Macassa Lodge & Wentworth Lodge, Healthy & Safe Communities Department, City of Hamilton
Webinar 3 October 24, 2024		Data Backup and Disaster Recovery: What, Why, How >Enhance your understanding of what is meant by data backup and disaster recovery and why they are so important. >Hear about best practices for data backup and recovery and how to implement these processes. >Learn from the example of St. Joseph’s Continuing Care in Guelph and their ongoing efforts to manage and maintain infrastructure related to minimizing cyber risks. Explore the session's speakers! Michelle Harris, Director of Homes and Seniors Services, Elgin County Homes Jennifer Ford, Director of Financial Services and Treasurer, Elgin County Derek Soares, Director, Information and Support Services, St. Joseph’s Continuing Care Centre, Cornwall Paul Cronin, CEO, Apogee IT Services

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Karine Taillefer is the Manager of Program Evolution at the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre). She is responsible for enabling the program’s strategic direction and growth to meet the needs of Canada and Canadians.

Karine held previous leadership roles at the Cyber Centre. Most recently, Karine managed the design and development of cyber security learning solutions, within the Cyber Centre Learning Hub, focused on reducing Canada’s cyber security performance gaps. She also worked for the Head and Associate Head of the Cyber Centre and supported the organization’s establishment, integration, and transformation.

She holds an Honours BSc in Biomedical Science from the University of Ottawa and a Certificate in Adult Learning from St. Francis Xavier University.

Richard Lee is a Business and Fiscal Planning Advisor with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Long-Term Care. He is a CPA CMA and has over 10 years of experience administering funding to the long-term care home sector. Richard organizes the development and implementation of the Subsidy Calculation Worksheet, Annual Reconciliation Report and Overall Reconciliation in accordance with new, discontinued and revised long-term care home financial policies. He is contacted regularly by the sector for guidance on the ministry’s long-term care home financial regulations, polices and processes.

John Bentum-Williams is working as Information Management Data Analyst within the Data Standards Unit, Health Data Branch at the Ministry of Health. In this role, John provides support and implementation of the Ontario Healthcare Reporting Standards (OHRS) and Trial Balance submission to the community sectors. Having over 10 years of experience working with data reporting and standards across the sectors.

Yoseph Asfaw, Business Advisor (Acting), Data Standards Unit, Ministry of Health

Yoseph Asfaw is working as a Business Advisor within the Data Standards Unit, Health Data Branch at the Ministry of Health. Yoseph brings over 18 years of experience working on healthcare data, particularly Long-Term Care data collections, reporting and data standards.

Yoseph has led the data standards for a number of key COVID-19 data collections in both MOH and MLTC and works closely with the data standards team on supporting long-term care homes and community support services agencies understand the Ontario Healthcare Reporting Standards (OHRS) requirements for the Trial Balance data submission.

Jonathon Bingeman, VP Finance & Digital Transformation, Providence Manor

Jonathon Bingeman is the Vice President, Finance and Digital Transformation at Providence Care, a Kingston-based academic health system focused on specialized care in aging, mental health, and rehabilitation. His portfolio encompasses finance, information management, and information technology across Providence Care’s operations including hospital, transitional care, long-term care, and community programs. Prior to joining Providence Care, Jonathon spent several years with both Hamilton Health Sciences and Deloitte in a variety of roles covering treasury, capital planning, data analytics, and financial controllership. Jonathon is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and holds an MBA from the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University.

Blu Desrosiers, Corporate Services Manager, Sherwood Park Manor

Blu has spent two years in the Long-Term Care industry, focusing on finances and management, while completing his Long-Term Care Executive Leadership program via CHA Learning. He currently assists in the operational management of Sherwood Park Manor, in Brockville, as a Corporate Service Manager.

His background is eight years in small/medium sized business finances, residential/commercial construction, and entrepreneurship. His educational background is a bachelors degree in Accounting from Brock University, that was awarded in 2015.

Jacqueline Smit, Team Lead, Clinical Standards and Training, Specialized Care Standards and Engagement, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).

As the Team Lead for Clinical Standards and Training for Specialized Care Standards and Engagement at CIHI, Jacqueline leads strategic and operational activities related to the development, enhancements, promotion, training, education, and implementations in the use of Specialized Care data standards and standardized assessments across Canada.
Her experience in nursing, healthcare project management, health policy and procedures, information management and information technology systems and standards have been used to manage system change and integration in a variety of health care settings.

Priyam Paul, Senior Analyst, Data Management, Specialized Care Data Management, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).

As a Senior Analyst in the Data Management department within the Specialized Care branch at CIHI, Priyam works on operational activities related to development, programming, reporting, data analysis, the Integrated interRai Reporting System (IRRS) and consultation on IRRS-related projects such as the development of new reporting tools. He is also involved in helping jurisdictions across Canada understand how IRRS works from a technical and data submissions perspective, so they are better prepared to adopt the new system.

He has a background in agile project management, data analytics, health informatics, public health and programming. He has used his experience to work on and improve the collection and reporting infrastructure of healthcare data at various levels in the healthcare system within Ontario and now across Canada.

Metoo Mach is a Senior Financial Policy Advisor with 15 years of experience working for the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Long-Term Care. Throughout her career, she has held roles in multiple branches within these ministries, gaining extensive experience in leading and supporting initiatives focused on evidence-based funding models and enhancing long-term care fiscal planning, financial policies, and programs in Ontario. She has successfully led and supported treasury board submissions, securing funding for Bill 124, COVID-19 Prevention and Containment, and the Local Priorities Fund.

Sudha is a Senior Methodologist at Health Sector Models Branch in Ministry of Health. As the former technical lead in LTC Case Mix Index (CMI) portfolio, she calculated CMIs for all LTC Homes and provided funding options for NPC envelope based on LTC CMI. She currently works on funding forecasts for Region managed Quality Based Procedures.

Yoseph Asfaw, Business Advisor (Acting), Data Standards Unit, Ministry of Health

Yoseph Asfaw is working as an Acting Business Advisor within the Data Standards Unit, Health Data Branch at the Ministry of Health. In this role, Yoseph provides support to ensure long-term care homes understand the Ontario Healthcare Reporting Standards (OHRS) requirements for the Trial Balance data submission.  Having over 16 years of experience working on long term care data collection/reporting, project management and data standards, he was recently assigned to supporting priority COVID-19 related data collection projects where he has been instrumental in working with stakeholders on data definitions/standards to support Ontario data requirements. 

Melissa Norman is currently the Director, Quality and Interprofessional Care at Perley Health, a community of care in Ottawa Ontario, that is home to more than 600 Seniors and Veterans in long-term care and in independent apartments. She provides leadership in the areas of continuous quality improvement, knowledge translation, enterprise risk management, RAI-MDS, performance management and business planning. Melissa holds a Masters in Health Administration from the University of Ottawa, is LEAN green belt certified, RAI certified and has completed the IDEAS Advanced Training Program in Quality Improvement sponsored by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

Ying Liu, Senior Methodologist, Health Sector Models - Hospital & Community Models Unit, Ministry of Health

Sudha Krishnan, Senior Methodologist (A), Health Sector Models Branch, Hospitals and Capital Division, Ministry of Health

Kelly Mireault, Divisional Controller, Health & Emergency Services, County of Simcoe, Corporate Performance Division

Amit Joshi, Director IT, Innovation, Data Analytics and Capital Development, AdvantAge Ontario

Amit Joshi is the Director of IT Innovation, Data Analytics and Capital Development at AdvantAge Ontario, where he is responsible for leading the association's growth in data analysis and technological innovation. To his role, he brings more than 22 years of experience in the not-for-profit sector across multiple industries, including retail and health care, with a focus on data migration and analysis, business intelligence, and process reengineering.

Amit holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Ryerson University with a major in knowledge and database management and a Master of Arts in Information Systems and Technology from York University, focusing on AI, machine learning, information retrieval, and data visualization.

Amit's leadership style helps shape transformative strategies, propelling organizations toward data-driven success.

Amer Mustafa is a senior executive in the field of Managed IT Services. Having worked for over 30 years in the IT services industry, he has played an instrumental role in the development and evolution of Indusflow Systems.
During the 1990’s when Indusflow was involved in IT training and operated as a private career college, Amer was developing curriculum for and teaching cutting-edge courses to both corporate and individual students. During this time, he developed in-depth expertise in computer networking, software development and database administration. Over time, Amer went from developing and delivering course content to managing a faculty of trainers and teaching assistants as they prepared students for careers in the IT field as well as re-tooled IT skills for companies who needed their IT staff trained in emerging technologies.
Training and education turned into implementation and consulting during the early 2000’s after the IT training market fell apart and Indusflow pivoted from training to services. IT services and consulting transformed into Managed IT Services in 2010 when Amer helped changed the services paradigm at Indusflow from a reactive to a proactive model. In more recent years, Amer has led the push to expand Indusflow’s footprint across the globe to other regions of the world including LATAM and APAC.
Over his professional career, Amer has provided solutions as well as education in all major technology developments since the days of DOS all the way to the era of artificial intelligence. In his current role at Indusflow, Amer oversees all aspects of IT services and delivery as well as bringing new and innovative products and services to Indusflow’s customers in the areas of cybersecurity, business continuity, workplace efficiency, automation and compliance. Along the way, Amer has had the opportunity to work and volunteer in diverse areas including teaching, coaching, mediation/ADR, international development and restorative justice.

Mark is the team lead of the Financial Policies and Procedures Unit in the Funding and Programs Branch at MLTC. He has worked in the Ontario Public Service for ten years, with previous roles at Treasury Board Secretariat and the Ministry of Health.

Erin Schenk, Team Lead, Quality and Innovation Unit, Ministry of Long-Term Care (MLTC)