Evgeniy Kharam — CEO
Evgeniy's superpower is translating the language of 0s and 1s into the language of people, decisions, and outcomes, so engineers, executives, and boards can align and move forward together. Built and wired differently, Evgeniy is known for staying calm under sustained pressure. As a father of four, including twins, he has mastered being unflappable,an ability that carries directly into leading complex, enterprise-scale cybersecurity programs. His foundation is deeply technical. Evgeniy began his career hands-on with firewalls and enterprise systems, including early next-generation firewall validation, and spent more than 40,000 hours designing, deploying, and troubleshooting security architectures for organizations ranging from 500 to over 100,000 employees. That experience revealed a clear pattern: security programs fail not because of missing tools, but because of integration gaps and misalignment between people, process, and technology. Outside of work, Evgeniy draws inspiration from the outdoors biking, canoeing, snowboarding, and hiking. These experiences shape how he thinks about cybersecurity and technology: balance over burnout, preparation before steep descents, resilience when conditions change, and trust in well-designed systems. He often uses outdoor analogies to help teams understand risk, flow, and why over-engineering can be as dangerous as under-preparation. Evgeniy is a TEDx speaker, where he explores how nervous system regulation, breath, and presence impact clarity, trust, and decision-making under pressure, skills that are just as critical in boardrooms and incident response as they are on stage. All of this experience is now reflected in his role as Chief Strategy Officer at Discern Security, where he helps shape product strategy, go-to-market direction, and executive alignment around AI-driven security management. In this role, he bridges deep technical reality with business priorities, helping organizations scale security programs with clarity and confidence. He also serves as a board advisor to the Canadian Cybersecurity Network, the largest technology community in Canada, contributing to the professional development of security leaders nationwide. Beyond his executive role, Evgeniy is a podcast co-founder, moderator, author, and conference co-creator—helping technical leaders find their voice and turn complexity into clarity through multiple platforms and formats. If you're looking for someone who can go deep with engineers, speak clearly with executives, and stay steady when things get hard you're in the right place.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity Strategist with extensive experience in enterprise security and advisory roles.
Location: Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Experience: 19 yrs 5 mos
Skills
- Business Strategy
- Public Speaking
- Cybersecurity
- Management Consulting
- Podcasting
- Conference Speaking
- Event Planning
- Information Security
- Sales
- Business Development
Career Highlights
- Expert in aligning cybersecurity with business outcomes.
- TEDx speaker on decision-making under pressure.
- Founder of multiple cybersecurity-focused podcasts.
Work Experience
Discern Security
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) (1 yr)
Stupidity prevention
Founder (4 mos)
Soft Skills Tech
Author (1 yr 9 mos)
Ski & Snowboard CyberSecurity Conference (The SSCC)
Co-founder and Co-Host (3 yrs 3 mos)
Cybeats
Chief Information Security Officer(CISO) (3 yrs 3 mos)
EK Cyber and Media Consulting
Founder (3 yrs 8 mos)
Cyber Inspiration Podcast
Founder (3 yrs 8 mos)
Herjavec Group
VP, Cybersecurity Solution Architecture (1 yr 5 mos)
Director, Network Security Solutions Architect (6 yrs 1 mo)
Manager of Perimeter Security Group (3 yrs 11 mos)
Security Engineer (4 yrs 3 mos)
Security Architecture Podcast
Co-Founder (6 yrs 1 mo)
Check Point Software Technologies
Firewall QA Engineer (1 yr 7 mos)
Israeli Navy
Cyber Security Engineer (5 yrs 2 mos)
Netvision
Internet Technical Support (11 mos)
Education
at Israeli Naval Academy
at Cyber-Inspiration-Podcast
