Kristen Csenkey, PhD
Media
As seen and heard on:
Public Writing
‘When Will TikTok’s Time Be up?’ The Hill Times, 6 May 2024, Special Edition: Digital Privacy and Security Briefing edition. https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2024/05/06/when-will-tiktoks-time-be-up/420372/.
‘Don’t Ask a Chatbot about the Privacy and Security Implications of Generative AI’. The Hill Times, 3 May 2023, Special Edition: Digital Privacy and Security Briefing edition. https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2023/05/03/dont-ask-a-chatbot-about-the-privacy-and-security-implications-of-generative-ai/385275/.
‘Forget the Subs—Let’s Talk about the Info and Tech Sharing in AUKUS’. The Hill Times, 6 October 2021. https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2021/10/06/forget-the-subs-lets-talk-about-the-info-and-tech-sharing-in-aukus/269630/.
'Next Government Needs to Modernize NORAD, Address Cyber Threats’. The Hill Times, 1 September 2021. https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2021/09/01/next-government-needs-to-modernize-norad-address-cyber-threats/269472/.
'Protecting Canada and Improving Cyber Defence: Three Challenges’. The Hill Times, 24 May 2021, Special Edition: Defence Policy Briefing edition. https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2021/05/24/protecting-canada-and-improving-cyber-defence-three-challenges/269035/.
Talks & Presentations
- 2026: Moderator of the policy-focused panel at the "SITREP-Q: Quantum Readiness in a Changing Global Security Environment" event hosted at Queen's University.
- 2026: Invited speaker at the the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government's Lunch & Learn event,"Governing the Quantum Era: Digital Technology and Global Cyber Governance".
- 2025: Paper presentation and panel moderator at the Canadian Seapower Conference, University of Calgary.
- 2025: Invited speaker at the Centre for International and Defence Policy Technology and Security Cluster, Queen's University.
- 2025: Invited participant at Quantum Now (Quantum Industry Canada), Montreal, as part of the Quantum Now- DND MINDS Scholars program.
- 2025: Invited participant at the CIGI Space Security workshop, Ottawa.
- 2025: Invited speaker for the International Women’s Forum Canada.
- 2025: Invited expert at the G7 Roundtable on Quantum Technology, Montreal.
- 2025: Invited speaker at the Past, Present, and Future of Arctic Security, NAADSN and the Department of Applied Military Sciences at the Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston.
- 2024, 2025: Paper presentation and panel moderator at the Centre for International Governance Innovation Digital Policy Hub Research Conference, Waterloo.
- 2024: Invited talk for the Royal Canadian Military Institute Defence and Security Conference, Toronto.
- 2024: Paper presentation at the Emerging Threats in the Arctic, Observatory on Politics and Security in the Arctic conference, University of Ottawa.
- 2023: Moderator of "The Geopolitics of Research Security" panel at the Research Security Conference, University of Calgary & University of Alberta.
- 2023: Invited speaker for the Kingston Consortium on International Security.
- 2023: Invited expert for the Czech-Canadian Cybersecurity Forum, Toronto.
- 2023: Speaker at the International Institute of Communications (IIC) Canada Conference's 'Bill C-26 and Cybersecurity' panel, Ottawa.
- Recording on CPAC.
- 2023: Speaker at the Royal Canadian Institute for Science's 'Cybersecurity at the Crossroads of Science, Society and Policy' panel event.
- Recording on YouTube.
- 2023: Cited in the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence report on 'The Cyber Defence of Canada'.
- Published by NDDN for the House of Commons.
- 2023: Expert Testimony on Cyber Threats to Canada's Defence Infrastructure before the Senate of Canada Standing Committee on National Security, Defence, and Veterans Affairs.
- Recording on SenParlVU.
- 2023: Paper presentation at the International Studies Association Annual Convention.
- 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: Paper presentation at the Canadian Political Science Association–Association canadienne de science politique Annual Conference.
- 2022: Invited speaker for the Canadian Global Affairs Institute: Defending the Continent panel, Ottawa.
- 2022: Invited talk for the Conflict and Security Research Cluster and Professionalization Series, Balsillie School of International Affairs.
- 2021: Co-paper presentation at the Defence and Security Economics Workshop, Carleton University and Conference of Defence Associations Institute.
- 2021: Co-paper presentation with Dr. Nina Bindel at the Grace Hopper Celebration.
- 2021: Invited speaker for the Women in Defence and Security Creating Connections Series.
- 2020: Invited talk for Ideas Series, North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network
- 2020: Poster presentations at the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute and Cryptography, Security, and Privacy Speaker Series on Privacy, University of Waterloo.
- 2019: Paper presentation for the Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Atomic Weapons Establishment, and Cranfield University.
- 2019: Paper presentation for the Women in International Security-Canada annual workshop, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.
- 2019: Paper presentation at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute annual graduate conference.
- 2019: Paper presentation at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs annual conference, Carleton University.
- 2019: Poster presentations at the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute annual conference, University of Waterloo.



