Canadian Centre for Cybersecurity
Joe Waddington is Director General, Secure Solutions and Services Directorate at the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security. The Secure Solutions and Services directorate will be responsible for the architecture, engineering and development of secure cryptographic solutions for the Government of Canada.
Prior to joining the IT Security program, Joe was a Director in the Communications Security Establishment's (CSE), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) branch, where he had responsibility for the development of core SIGINT systems and repositories.
Joe joined the CSE in 2004 as part of the Chief Information Office branch, where he held a number of roles including Director of IM/IT Infrastructure and Operational Services, Manager of Networking and Telephony Services, and Manager of Enterprise Strategy. Prior to joining the Government of Canada in 2004, Joe held the role of Security Product Manager for Distributed Computing Environment Services at Computer Sciences Corporation after leaving Nortel in 2003. Joe started his career in the Nortel Networks family of companies where he spent 15 years in various information technology-related roles including information security, software development and direct-support services.
Joe graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and with honours in Computer Science in 1988.