CN
Canadian National Railway Company (CN) is a Canadian Class I freight railway that operates the largest rail network in Canada and one of the largest in North America. Originally a government-owned corporation created in 1919, CN was privatized in 1995 and now operates approximately 20,000 route miles of track across Canada and the United States. CN transports a wide range of goods, including petroleum, grain, forest products, and intermodal containers, making it a vital component of North America's supply chain and economic infrastructure.
Headquarters: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Number of Employees: 23,786
Vaughn Hazen
CISO at CN
Defending the Railroad: AI Risk, Rigor, and Resilience with CN CISO Vaughn Hazen
On the 29th episode of Enterprise AI Defenders, Vaughn Hazen, Chief Information Security Officer at the Canadian National Railway Company (CN), joins the show to share what it takes to defend a century-old freight railroad in an AI-accelerated world. With deep operational complexity, legacy tech, and machine-speed threats, Vaughn brings a rare blend of architectural discipline, adversarial thinking, and a grounded warning: AI may scale your top talent, but it could also starve your future pipeline.