Claudiu Popa is the principal risk advisor at Informatica, Canada’s only independent provider of complete risk management consulting and data protection services from physical security consulting to privacy impact assessment. Through Informatica, Claudiu helps companies protect their most valuable assets from accidental damage and malicious attacks, including the security of systems and Web sites, the privacy of client data and the safety of workplaces.

He is the author of numerous publications including two books: The Canadian Privacy & Data Security Toolkit for Small & Mid-Size Enterprises (2009) and Managing Personal Information: Insights on Corporate Risk & Opportunity for Privacy-Savvy Leaders (2012).

Since 1989, Claudiu has earned respect as a professional whose achievements include the Verify Risk Maturity Model (VMM), the Risk Project Management (RPM) Methodology and the creation of many professional courses and workshops under Informatica’s WorkLife Learning brand.