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How Andrew Kirsch can help
SPEAKING
Invite Andrew Kirsch to improve your company’s security awareness and resilience. In the current threat landscape, it’s important that we all stay informed and vigilant. With entertaining stories from his career as a Canadian Spy, Andrew engages, educates, and entertains his audience to teach us all about the threats we face and the role and responsibility we all have to keep each other safe.
BOOK
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a spy? In his bestselling memoir – I Was Never Here – Andrew provides a look behind the curtain of Canada’s Spy Service. In what Publisher’s Weekly calls “…a surprisingly lighthearted look at a shadowy but vital government function,” he reveals what the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) is, what it does, and what it’s really like to work there.
CONSULTING
The world is a scary place, and keeping your information, assets, and people you love safe can be a challenge. Sometimes, you don’t know where to start or lack the skills or resources needed to solve the issue. Drawing on experience from his national security career and the network of professionals he’s met along the way, and you can trust Andrew Kirsch and the Kirsch Group to be your security partner.
INVITE ANDREW KIRSCH FOR
YOUR NEXT EVENT
Connect with us today:
During this free 30-minute, consultation call we will:
1. Confirm availability for your event
2. Help us understand your requirements to craft a presentation that suits your needs
3. Discuss pricing options including providing books for attendees
Email: info@kirschgroup.com
Phone: 647-799-3979
Let’s plan it.
Improve your company's security awareness, and resilience with a former CSIS intelligence officer.
“Security can be a sometimes scary and overwhelming topic – but in informative and entertaining presentations, we will raise awareness of the challenges we face and strategies on how to mitigate risks and do our part to keep each other safe”.
TOPIC ONE: What Canada’s Spy Service does and why you need to know more about it!
Former Canadian Spy Andrew Kirsch gives a rarely-seen peak behind the curtain of Canada’s intelligence agency. He explains what the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) is, what it’s really like to work there, and why you must know more about it!
Canada is perceived as a safe country. But that isn’t an accident, and it isn’t guaranteed to continue. As individuals, companies, and a country, we face real security threats. Whatever security we enjoy is not because there aren’t bad people out to get us; it is because every day, men and women in our national security community do their part to keep it that way. And now, more than ever, they need all our help.
Andrew shares some entertaining stories from his national bestselling memoir I Was Never Here: My True Canadian Spy Story of Coffees Code Names and Covert Operations in the Age of Terrorism, to explain the threats Canada faces, the challenges to come and the role we all must play to keep each other safe.
TOPIC TWO: When the chips are down, are you ready to make the tough decisions
Former Canadian Intelligence Officer Andrew Kirsch provides an exclusive and seldom-seen insight into Canada's spy agency. In a ten-year career, he held roles as a policy analyst, and a field investigator, ultimately leading teams on clandestine warranted special operations.
Whether tracking suspected terrorists or planting covert technical surveillance equipment late into the night, he was faced with many challenging decisions that had severe national security consequences. In those tense moments, all of his leadership and problem-solving skills were put to the test.
While Andrew’s career was unique, finding solutions to difficult problems when the stakes are high and pressure is on, is a challenge we all face on a daily basis. Through entertaining stories from Andrew’s career and bestselling memoir I Was Never Here: My True Canadian Spy Story of Coffees Code Names and Covert Operations in the Age of Terrorism, Andrew shares the events and lessons he learned from a career in spying.
This includes the importance of effective communication, the honest assessment of resources and capabilities, how living our core values impact trust, and ultimately, the decision-making framework he came to rely on when making the toughest calls.
Testimonials
Here's what a few people are saying about Andrew Kirsch's presentations on Canadian National Security.
Canadian National Security Q&A
Join us for a unique opportunity to engage with a former CSIS Intelligence Officer, Andrew Kirsch, from the Kirsch Group.
Get ready to have your burning questions about the Canadian Intelligence Secret Service and the intriguing world of Canadian spies answered.
