Brendan Seaton
CISSP, CIPP/C, CRISC
Former Chief Creative Officer, Privacy Horizon Inc; NIHI Instructor

Brendan Seaton is one of Canada’s leading experts and innovators in the management of eHealth risks, including privacy, security, safety, project and business risk. He has more than 30 years experience in health service administration, information system project management and information privacy and security in both the public and private sectors. He has been a leader in the development of health IT standards, particularly in the areas of security and privacy. He has held senior management and executive level positions in Veterans Affairs Canada, Ontario Blue Cross, and the Ontario Smart Systems for Health Agency. Brendan was previously Chief Creative Officer for Privacy Horizon Inc., a company that supports start-up, small and medium-size companies to integrate Privacy by Design into their products and services. He is a Past President of ITAC Health, the health care division of the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC), and is an instructor at the National Institutes for Health Informatics (NIHI) delivering workshops on privacy, security and risk management.