InfoSec Seminar – June 2025
The Information Systems Security and Assurance Management (ISSAM) Department in Mihalcheon School of Management proudly invites you to the monthly InfoSec Seminar. The seminar series is open to anyone who is interested in security research and technologies.
Date and Time: Wednesday June 11th, 2025 @ 12:00 – 1:00 MT (Edmonton, AB time)
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/bse-fzfc-cne
Speaker: Parul Khanna
Parul Khanna is a seasoned cybersecurity professional and instructor with expertise in risk management, incident response, cloud security, and software engineering. She holds a Master’s in Information System Security Management from Concordia University of Edmonton and certifications including CISSP, ISSAP, CCSP, CSSLP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CDPSE, and CCSK. Parul has worked in the Cybersecurity Operations Centre of a major Canadian bank and is a subject matter expert in risk assessments and security controls. She has published research on doxing, served on the (ISC)² Toronto Chapter board, and teaches cybersecurity at York University.
Talk Description: AI-Powered Social Engineering and How to Defend Against It
Artificial intelligence is rapidly advancing, enabling cybercriminals to launch highly sophisticated social engineering attacks using tools like deepfake technology, synthetic voice generation, and natural language processing. These techniques make impersonation, phishing, and fraud more convincing and difficult to detect.
This session explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the social engineering threat landscape, highlighting real-world attack scenarios and emerging trends. It also provides practical strategies for defense, including strengthening identity verification processes, enhancing user awareness and training, implementing behavior-based threat detection, and adopting a trust-no-one approach. Organizations must evolve their security posture to prioritize human-centric and artificial intelligence-resilient defenses in order to stay ahead of these complex threats.
If you have any questions regarding the seminar series, please contact Shawn Thompson or Eslam G. AbdAllah, MISSM, Mihalcheon School of Management at shawn.thompson@concordia.ab.ca, eslam.abdallah@concordia.ab.ca