Sami Khoury

Head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, CCCS

Sami Khoury is the Head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, part of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE). The Cyber Centre is the single unified source of expert advice, guidance, services, and support on cyber security for government, critical infrastructure owners and operators, the private sector, and the Canadian public. Sami began his career at CSE in 1992 as a research engineer and over the years has held various management positions and leadership roles more recently as CSE’s CIO. Sami is a graduate of Concordia University with a Master of Applied Science. He also completed a certificate program in Public Sector Leadership. Sami was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 and the APEX Award of Excellence for Innovation in 2020.