Justin Naccarato

Senior Research Fellow – Threat and Risk Assessments

• Two master’s degrees from Carleton University in Legal Studies, and Infrastructure Protection and International Security.
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Justin Naccarato (MIPIS) is a security specialist with a multidisciplinary background in threat and risk assessment, physical security and operational security, IT/cyber security, and data privacy. 

Justin’s academic background consists of over 8 years of study focusing on national and international security, intelligence and threat assessment, terrorism, radicalization, critical infrastructure engineering and multi-disciplinary approaches to threat and risk assessment and security policy. His academic qualifications include two master’s degrees from Carleton University in Legal Studies, and Infrastructure Protection and International Security.

Outside of academia, Justin is a passionate and dedicated security professional with a decade of experience to date working in various security-oriented roles for the Government of Canada and in the private sector. His current practice centers on physical and operational security, threat and risk assessment, security policy, and security awareness and training.

Research interests:

·Threat and Risk Assessment modernization and optimization

·Harmonizing Threat and Risk Assessment approaches across domains (municipal, provincial, federal; integrating physical and cyber)

·Applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance Threat and Risk Assessments  Email: justinnaccarato3@cmail.carleton.ca