Yassir Bellout is a partner in KPMG’s Cyber Security Advisory practice. With 18 years of professional experience, Yassir has assisted clients across industries in delivering major programs with the objective of deploying Cyber protection and resilience measures. He has led multidisciplinary teams of Business, Information Technology and Cyber Security professionals.
Yassir has assisted major Canadian organizations in forming Cybersecurity functions and running large Cyber transformations. While serving major players in the Banking, Insurance, Finance, Retail, Telecommunications, Transport, Media and Government sectors, Yassir consistently brought a business-oriented perspective to complex Cybersecurity challenges.
Yassir’s experience includes CSO secondment and coaching, Cyber Security governance and strategy, Cybersecurity risk identification and evaluation, Cybersecurity maturity assessments, Cybersecurity architecture, Identity and Access Management, compliance to standards and regulations, Privacy protection, Cybersecurity penetration tests and RedTeaming exercises, Cyber forensics and Incident response, Benchmarking and evaluation of Cyber Security practices, Business Continuity Management and Disaster Recovery Planning.