Lise Lapointe is a visionary entrepreneur who has dedicated the last two decades of her career to cyber security awareness. Her company, Terranova Security, has been delivering industry-leading security awareness training for more than twenty years. By supporting and working with security leaders globally, Lise spearheaded the development of personalized security awareness programs that change end user behavior and grow security-aware organizational cultures worldwide.
Lise and her team first published The Human Fix to Human Risk. 5 Steps To Masterminding An Effective Security Awareness ProgramTM as a way to share lessons from her experience in cyber security and help organizations secure their sensitive information through a people-centric approach to learning. Security leaders agree that a personalized approach that takes into consideration the objectives of the organization, the maturity level in security of its users, the role of the employee, and language will deliver the greatest results by drastically reducing the human risk factor.
Making her home in Laval, Quebec, Canada, Lise was named One of Canada’s Top 20 Women in Cyber Security by IT World Canada. In 2021 she was a recipient of the Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100, in the BMO Entrepreneurs category, recognizing women who own and operate thriving businesses.
