Join us for an exclusive peek into the world of cybersecurity with Milos Stojadinovic, Senior Director of Advanced Threat Operations at RBC. This two-part session will take you behind the scenes to show how banks safeguard themselves and their customers from cyber threats.
You’ll learn how RBC’s team of cyber security experts challenge and assess the effectiveness of the enterprise cyber security program and gather insight into the bank’s real-world ability to detect, prevent and respond to cyber security incidents.
Then, get ready to put your own skills to the test in a live, interactive simulation.
Part 1: Tech talk
30-minute talk + 15-minute Q&A
- Hear how RBC protects the platforms and systems used by over 17 million clients
- Explore how sophisticated ransomware, social engineering and AI-powered cybercrime are making the cybersecurity landscape increasingly complex and dynamic
- Understand the importance of cybersecurity for financial institutions
- Learn about the skilled team of experts defending RBC through offence
Part 2: Cybersecurity challenge
90-minute workshop
Tackle two real-world scenarios in a hands-on workshop (case study and tools provided);
- Threat modelling – learn how to build secure systems through architecture then fortify and improve your designs through threat modelling exercises
- Incident response – simulate a breach and build your response plan to ensure resilient architecture
Details:
📆 Thursday, October 2, 5:00–8:00 p.m. (Registration opens at 4:30 p.m.)
📍 U of T Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus, 108 College St
💻 No experience needed — just bring your laptop
🍕 Free event, food provided
Exclusively for U of T students
Spots are limited – don’t miss out!
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About the speaker:
Meet Milos Stojadinovic, Senior Director of Advanced Threat Operations (ATO) & Distinguished Engineer
Milos is a passionate security professional with an avid interest in leveraging offensive security insights to build resilient cyber security programs. Recognizing that advanced threat actors leverage opportunity, creativity and razor-sharp technical prowess to target RBC, Milos brings these same capabilities and leverages them to affect pragmatic change and improve our resilience to cyber-attack; through real-world cyber-attacks simulation teaming, hunting for advanced threats in our environment and building novel solutions that are tailor-made to protect our organization.
In the past, Milos has served as a trusted consultant to a diverse range of organizations across various industries. Milos is an active speaker in the cyber security community, both within and outside of RBC.
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About the Tech@RBC Insider Series:
This is the inaugural edition of the Tech@RBC Insider Series, a four-part annual program designed to equip students with industry-ready skills and facilitate meaningful connections with experts in the field. This event series is co-hosted by Tech@RBC, U of T Arts & Science and Applied Science & Engineering.
Stay tuned for information on future sessions;
Site reliability engineering: November 26, 2025
Product ownership: February 3, 2026
Technical careers: March 19, 2026
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This event is proudly sponsored by
About Tech@RBC:
Students and new grads are an important part of building our future and central to RBC’s purpose to help clients thrive and communities prosper. With hundreds of roles, across dozens of work streams, students and new grads have countless opportunities to learn, grow and work with purpose across multiple environments and technologies.
We’re focused on helping motivate and encourage the next generation of brilliant minds to grow their skills, make an impact and Be What’s Next.