KPMG Podbytes

How will businesses benefit from digital ID? From personally identifiable information of customers to that of their employees, Canadian businesses have a responsibility to securely manage and store identity data. In episode three of our four-part series we connect with privacy specialist, Sylvia Kingsmill, and IAM lead, Marc Chaput, to talk all about the business perspective.

Let's talk about cybercrime. With the advent of digital ID, our valuable identity information will be better safeguarded. But digital ID will not be a magic solution that eliminates cybercrime. So how do we prepare and keep our information safe? In this episode we hear from KPMG leads, Erik Berg and Yassir Bellout, about the bad actors that are out to capture our data, the good actors protecting i...

Have you ever lost your wallet or forgotten your passport? Have you procrastinated on getting your license renewed or had to scan your ID and email it to a service provider? Enter the concept of the digital ID - a single, centralized and trusted source of digital identity verification. One that could alleviate many of today's challenges. Join KPMG specialists, Imraan Bashir and Katie Bolla, in thi...

Beyond is a podcast about protecting the future. New technologies and innovations open the door to novel ways of living, conducting business and shaping our reality, but also to new risks. Join us for the first series of our National cybersecurity podcast where we explore what digital identity is, how it stands to change our lives and what we can do today to ensure our identities are protected wel...

Unsure of how to support others experiencing mental health challenges or setbacks?  This week we will talk about what not to do; we will be sharing the worst advice we have ever received.  And more importantly we will talk about what you can do to support others. 

Self-care is so important to stay well, and proactively take care of your mental health.  In this episoide we share our favourite tools in our toolbelt; when and why we access them and what strategies or habits have assisted us in taking care of our mental health when our mental health needs to be taken care of. 

This week we talk about getting help.  Mental illness can be really isolating, if we let it.  Go to someone you trust in your circle of care, and consider accessing some of our KPMG resources to support your mental health and wellbeing.  In this episoide, we talk about our own challenges with getting help, our experience with stigma (including self-stigma) and what resources have been helpful on o...

Host and National Lead, Digital Services Adam Rodricks discusses the Metaverse, GameFi and their impacts on the crypto space with Kareem Sadek, Partner, Technology Risk Consulting; Kenneth Viegas, Senior Consultant, Technology Risk Consulting; and Kaan Farahani, Intern, Technology Risk Consulting.

Sharing the unfiltered version of yourself helps us not only get to know each other better; it also creates a space where we can be more empathetic, understanding, and inclusive in every interaction; it builds our relationship with one another to work better together and support each other.  In this episode you will hear each of our mental health stories, unfiltered.  Together, we can break the si...

Mental Health week kicks off May each year.  With that in mind, get ready for our 4-part series podcast release called “This is me: Unfiltered”.  We encourage you to take each week this month to listen to the newest episode.  I will be joined by two special guests over the course of the month.  We will be unveiling our stories to show you who we are, unfiltered.  We will be talking about stigma, s...

Host and National Lead, Digital Services Adam Rodricks is joined by Kareem Sadek, Partner, Technology Risk Consulting; Kenneth Viegas, Senior Consultant, Technology Risk Consulting; and Kaan Farahani, Intern, Technology Risk Consulting as they dive into all things NFTs, including different projects and their uses cases as well as corporate adoption in various industries throughout 2021.

Host and National Lead, Digital Services, Adam Rodricks is joined by Kunal Bhasin, Director, Technology Risk Consulting, Ken Viegas, Senior Consultant, Technology Risk Consulting, and James Burron from the Canadian Association of Alternative Strategies and Assets (CAASA) as they highlight key findings from KPMG's industry benchmarking survey.

In the 4th episode of Women Talk Tech, two women in KPMG in Canada’s Procurement and Supply Chain practice, Karly-Anna O’Brien, Consultant and Mimi Vu, Senior Manager, explore Mimi’s global journey to becoming a supply chain professional. They also discuss technology’s role in building resiliency and protecting against supply chain risks.

In this episode of Women Talk Tech, Sinead McElhinney, KPMG's People Communications lead and Christine Andrew, Managing Director, Strategy & Digital at KPMG, speak about how technology is fostering Diversity and Inclusion. They explore how we can build inclusion into our operations, products and services to help create greater equity.

In episode 8 of KPMG in Canada’s state of cryptoassets podcast series, Host and National Lead, Digital Services Adam Rodricks is joined by Kareem Sadek, Partner, Technology Risk Consulting; Kunal Bhasin, Senior Manager, Technology Risk Consulting; Mitchell Nicholson, Manager, Technology Risk Consulting; and Ken Viegas, Consultant, Technology Risk Consulting to take a look back at the big stories f...

Episode seven of KPMG in Canada’s state of cryptoassets podcast series is all about insurance. Host Adam Rodricks, National Lead, Digital Services welcomes back Kareem Sadek, Partner, Technology Risk Consulting; Mitchell Nicholson, Senior Consultant, Technology Risk Consulting; and Kenneth Viegas, Consultant, Technology Risk Consulting to talk about cryptoasset insurance from the perspectives of b...

Our host Adam Rodricks, National Lead, Digital Services welcomes back Kareem Sadek, Partner, Technology Risk Consulting and introduces Kenneth Viegas, Consultant, Technology Risk Consulting and John Armstrong, National Industry Leader, Financial Services for their series debuts. In episode six, the group discusses global trends and future opportunities for banking in Canada as they relate to crypt...

The second episode of Women Talk Tech features Jennie Allan and Cynthia Wang, the co-leads of the Network & Support workstream for the KPMG Women in Technology Community. Join us as Cynthia interviews Jennie about working at the intersection of tax and technology, tips on thriving in a male-dominated space, and upcoming trends in the tax industry.

In the fifth episode of our series, host Adam Rodricks, National Lead, Digital Services is joined by Kareem Sadek, Partner, Technology Risk Consulting; Mitchell Nicholson, Senior Consultant, Technology Risk Consulting; and Katie McGarry, Partner, Audit, Financial Institutions for a conversation on the intersection between asset management & cryptoassets, as well as Canada’s unique ETF offering...

As our series reaches its fourth episode, the conversation shifts to focus on anti-money laundering and financial crime prevention as it pertains to cryptoassets. Adam Rodricks, National Lead, Digital Services is back to host this episode, joined by Rebecca Ip, Partner, Forensic & Financial Crimes; Kunal Bhasin, Senior Manager, Technology Risk Consulting; and Mitchell Nicholson, Senior Consult...

Episode three of KPMG in Canada’s series on the state of crypto assets is all about proof of reserves. Adam Rodricks, National Lead, Digital Services welcomes back Kareem Sadek, Partner, Technology Risk Consulting; Kunal Bhasin, Senior Manager, Technology Risk Consulting; and Mitchell Nicholson, Senior Consultant, Technology Risk Consulting for a discussion on proof of reserve’s origin and how vit...

Our host Adam Rodricks, National Lead, Digital Services welcomes back Kareem Sadek, Partner, Technology Risk Consulting and Kunal Bhasin, Senior Manager, Technology Risk Consulting and introduces Edwin Isted, Senior Manager, Management Consulting for his series debut. In episode two of our four-part series, the group discusses custodianship models, their benefits, and some key considerations when...

In the first episode of our series, host Adam Rodricks, National Lead, Digital Services is joined by Kareem Sadek, Partner, Technology Risk Consulting; Kunal Bhasin, Senior Manager, Technology Risk Consulting; and Mitchell Nicholson, Senior Consultant, Technology Risk Consulting for a conversation on how the crypto industry has evolved to where it is today, the general state of the industry, and w...

In the first episode of Women Talk Tech, Anita Taleski, Program Manager of KPMG’s Women in Technology Community and Frances MacTaggart, Committee Co-Lead, discuss Frances' career journey in tech. Join us as Frances shares how she started in cybersecurity, her key advice to enter the field and how she got involved with the KPMG Women in Technology Community.  

Welcome to the Women Talk Tech podcast brought to you by the KPMG Women in Technology Community. Each episode will feature an inspiring woman in tech who will share her story. Let’s do this.