Andrew Dunbar

Director of Risk & Compliance - Shopify

Andrew Dunbar is Director of Risk and Compliance at Shopify, an Ottawa-based commerce platform that powers more than 120,000 online and retail stores. Andrew is responsible for all aspects of cybersecurity at Shopify, from the cloud-based infrastructure used to process credit card payments, to the fraud challenges faced by online retailers, to the application security risks that come from running a large-scale SaaS platform. Prior to Shopify, Andrew was an IT Security Specialist at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, handling intrusion detection and analysis for the networks of the Government of Canada's 250+ foreign embassies and consulates.