Yassir Bellout

Partner, Advisory Services, Cyber Security, Montreal

KPMG in Canada

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.

  • Advisory
  • Business continuity
  • Cyber security
  • Data privacy
  • Forensic
  • IT Management
  • Information management
  • Risk Consulting
  • Risk Management
  • Technology

  • MBA - HEC Montréal – (Strategic Management and IT)

  • M. Sc. in computer science - Université de Montréal - Concentration in Telecommunication and networks

  • B.Eng., in computer science – ENSIAS (Awarded scholarship for academic achievements)

  • CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) from ISC2

  • CISA (Certified Information System Auditor) from ISACA

  • ISO 27001 LA (Lead Auditor) from PECB

  • ABCP (Associate Business Continuity Planner) from DRI International

  • ITIL v3 foundation (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) from ITIL

  • Board member, Association de Sécurité de l’Information du Montréal Métropolitain (ASIMM)

  • Speaker, various events on subjects including, Board responsibilities, Cyber crisis management, Incident Response readiness, and Cyber security trends