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Meet the Inventor: Tania Tanic
The strategic mind behind CyberTactik, turning cybersecurity into an engine for growth with 25+ years aligning board priorities, risk, AI, and technology to build resilient, high-performing organizations.
"Cybersecurity shouldn't be a brake on innovation, it should be a catalyst for growth."
Executive Profile
Tania Tanic, CPA, ASC, C.Dir., EMBA, Lean Master is the inventor of CyberTactik and Founder & CEO of BrainStorm CyberRisk. She partners with boards and executive teams to translate business strategy into pragmatic, scalable cyber resilience—linking risk, operations, and value creation.
Her background spans executive roles in data- and AI-driven cybersecurity, cloud, and digital transformation, along with CIO leadership in the public investment sector and senior technology positions in financial services.
25+ Years Leadership
Cybersecurity, technology, and executive leadership across industries
Board-Level Strategy
Specializing in risk reduction, resilience building, and culture change
Executive Experience
Spanning Kyndryl (AI & cybersecurity), Investissement Québec (CIO & VP Business Technologies), and iA Financial Group
New episode of "Her Story"
by Women in Tech® Canada.
She emphasizes the importance of cybersecurity as a business risk and the need to involve the board and C-suite in cyber risk strategy. Tania also discusses the lack of representation of black women in IT leadership roles and her commitment to creating a model and opportunities for the next generation. She advises aspiring tech professionals to believe in themselves, continuously learn, build a strong professional network, and advocate for themselves.
Watch and be inspired by Tania's story!
Tania's Mojo: How she protects Organizations?
Tania's "Mojo" is the art of making security create value. She brings together business, risk, people, and technology so organizations can grow with confidence.
Board-to-bytes alignment
Start from governance and strategy; end with controls that actually move enterprise KPIs.
Human-first security
Culture, coaching, and clear decision rights so people become the strongest control.
Evidence over noise
Prioritize measurable risk reduction, not checkbox activity.
Co-creation, not hand-offs
Run "co-lab" working sessions to accelerate decisions and remove friction between business and security.
Continuous improvement
Use Lean methods to iterate, prove value, and scale what works.

Outcome: Security becomes a growth catalyst—improving trust, speed, and resilience without slowing innovation.
What is CyberTactik?
CyberTactik is Tania's practitioner-built approach to operationalize cyber strategy with the business. It connects governance + culture + controls + performance into a single playbook that leaders can understand and teams can run.
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CyberCulture
Embed behaviors, decision rights, and clear accountability.
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CyberResilience
Map critical business objectives to risks, dependencies, and continuity.
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CyberSecurity
Prioritize the controls that actually reduce exposure for your context.
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CyberPerformance
Turn strategy into metrics—track uplift in risk posture, time-to-mitigate, and value at risk avoided.
Why It's Innovative
  • Exec fluency: Board-level narratives tied to enterprise outcomes
  • Human-centric by design: Culture as a first-class control
  • AI-aware: Informed by data- and AI-driven operations experience
  • Lean-driven: Faster wins, fewer bottlenecks, continuous uplift
How CyberTactik works
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Diagnose (1-3 weeks)
Rapid discovery of business objectives, critical assets, threats, and must-win controls.
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Design (2-6 weeks)
Co-create a right-sized roadmap linking governance, culture, and controls to measurable outcomes.
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Drill (ongoing)
Exercises, coaching, and enablement to harden processes and improve response.
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Demonstrate (quarterly)
Scorecards and board-ready storytelling to show quantified progress.
"The CyberTactik method transformed how our board views cybersecurity—from a cost center to a strategic enabler. Tania's approach created alignment we'd never achieved before."
Leadership, Teaching & Community
Founder & CEO
BrainStorm CyberRisk: Mission-led firm treating cybersecurity as a catalyst for growth.
Executive Educator
HEC Montréal: Guides directors and executives on governance, risk, and cyber strategy.
Women in Tech Advocate
Active supporter of equity, diversity, and inclusion; visible voice in "Her Story" community conversations and events.
Speaker
Regularly contributes to panels on trust, safety, and the business of cybersecurity.
Tania believes in sharing knowledge and building stronger security communities. She regularly speaks at industry events and mentors rising cybersecurity leaders with a focus on increasing diversity in the field.
Credentials & Affiliations
Professional Credentials
CPA, ASC, C.Dir., EMBA, Lean Master; ITIL; PMP; certificate in cybersecurity (Harvard University).
Board & Advisory Positions
Former director, Institut des auditeurs internes du Québec; director, Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Française au Canada.
Executive Career
Executive Partner & CxO advisor (Kyndryl, AI & cybersecurity); CIO & VP Business Technologies (Investissement Québec); leadership roles (iA Financial Group).
Tania's unique combination of technical expertise, business acumen, and governance experience enables her to bridge the communication gap that often exists between security teams and executive leadership. Her credentials reflect a commitment to both technical excellence and business value creation.