Steve Knox

Enterprise Security Architect @CIBC

Toronto, ON, CA

o Working as principle architect across various disciplines within the architectureorganization including Security Data, AI, Infrastructure and Application Architectureo Currently lead architect on AI security which includes development of guidance for otherinformation security teams including controls and assessments as well as requiredarchitecture to ensure CIBC’s AI use cases are secureo Established operating model complete with all use cases to support the deployment ofDatabricks Unity Catalog across the organizationo Produced conceptual architecture to reduce data risks related to data analyticsprofessionals using analytical tools with sensitive data throughout the lifecycle of thebusiness processeso Completed final architecture with the goal of securing data and analytics usage of PIIdata from data source to the business consumption of the insights producedo Accountable for architecture decisions and solutions supporting various lines of businesso Lead Architect for Financial Crimeso Leading work on research and design of new capabilities to support Fusion team withinthe Financial Crimes organizationo Leading research and development of technology strategy supporting Fusion (active participant in business and technology strategy sessions)o Completed several architecture designs for data architecture requirements moving dataand analytics teams from on-prem to cloud services while improving their securitypostureo Currently working on AI security framework and risk assessment guidance on AI productso Architect AI/ML capabilities leveraging a GCP and AWS based architectures

Mohawk College

Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology