Cybersecurity cluster pushes the pace of innovation

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Penelope Schankula (BCS in progress) is a builder.

She may not have been aware of that when she took a co-op job at the cybersecurity company Arctic Wolf in Waterloo, but she is part of a new generation helping build the region’s cybersecurity cluster today. 

A collage of company logos, including Blackberry and Arctic Wolf

Besides Arctic Wolf, dozens of companies in the region are providing cybersecurity, embedded security, risk threat assessments, blockchain security, cryptography and quantum cryptography services for Canada and the world.

To read more about Schankula and Waterloo's cybersecurity innovation, check out the full article on the alumni website or in this fall's issue of the University of Waterloo Magazine.