Media

Topics for Commentary

• Major cyber incidents and leadership response
• Ransomware and resilience strategy
• AI and cybersecurity leadership
• Board-level cyber risk conversations
• Community and ecosystem building in security

Media Bio

Travis Barlow is a cybersecurity executive advisor based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with 26 years of experience and more than 600 incident response engagements across financial services, healthcare, government, and critical infrastructure. His advisory work runs through CyberShell, where he is Vice President of Enterprise Resilience Services, and HackFirstAid, the free first-response resource he built for organizations in the opening hours of a breach. He is the founder and executive director of AtlSecCon (Atlantic Security Conference), one of Canada's largest and most inclusive information security conferences, drawing approximately 1,700 attendees a year. A former Partner at KPMG Canada and SVP at GoSecure, Travis is available for commentary on cyber incidents, AI security strategy, ransomware, executive and board-level cyber readiness, and security leadership. He is an experienced media guest: direct, jargon-free, and prepared to speak to both technical and general audiences.