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Stephen Sparkes

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Stephen Sparkes

Title: Chief Information Security Officer Company: TD Bank Group Industry: Financial Services
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Cybersecurity expert Stephen brings over 30 years’ experience to his position as CISO for TD Bank Group. Drawing on previous executive cybersecurity experience at Scotiabank and Bank of America, Stephen is particularly focused on mitigating threats amplified by AI. Stephen pioneers defensive architectures for financial institutions by applying the CSA MAESTRO framework to govern autonomous systems. As an advocate for ethical AI, Stephen addressed the risks of deepfakes and model jailbreaking at Privacy, Security and Trust Industry Summit. cybermagazine. com 55