— Suzie Smibert , Chief Information Security Officer

and by transforming our behavior , thought process and policies , we will be able to tell our users the same story wherever they work in the world ,” states Smibert . “ I travel to our operating regions frequently , and many of my coworkers are also nomads , working from every one of our facilities , different regions , different countries . We can ’ t expect them to know which behavior to adopt wherever they travel . If we tell them one set of behaviors , one set of policies to meet , it makes our job easier in the back end , and makes it much easier on our workforce .”

By harmonizing , centralizing and simplifying Finning ’ s digital infrastructure , Smibert has looked to promote cross-collaboration and rework in-region management teams . Hiring “ tremendous talent ” predominately from Calgary , she has been leading the transformation of Finning ’ s security and enterprise architecture services and embedded next generation multi-tool sets , allowing the business to improve its response , detection and management capabilities .

“ We have security individuals assigned to squads in the DevOps team . While they don ’ t sit in DevOps , they do report into the management team and exist as a service provider to that group , and continue to report into my organization . “ We do security as code . A lot of our tasks and requests are automated , when they are deemed low risk , it goes straight into code .”

As the business continually evaluates emerging products and technologies which could drive greater value , Smibert explains that the business undertakes whole-market evaluations in advance of a product ’ s shelf life in order to remain resilient , and looks not only to longstanding players in the market , but also to innovative startups that can bring

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