Ryan Nikolich
Director of Cyber Security Pepper Construction Company
Ryan Nikolich is Director of Security and Infrastructure at Pepper Construction, where he leads the company’s cybersecurity strategy, infrastructure, risk management, compliance, and incident response programs. With more than 22 years at Pepper Construction, Ryan has held leadership roles spanning network administration, systems management, and enterprise technology. He is responsible for strengthening cyber resilience across construction operations, overseeing security awareness initiatives, third-party risk management, cloud and on-premise infrastructure, and business continuity planning. Ryan brings extensive experience in aligning cybersecurity with project delivery, helping construction organizations reduce risk while maintaining operational efficiency and supporting long-term growth.
Seminars
- Turn cybersecurity from a compliance exercise into a practical behaviour change program across office, field and project teams
- Build security controls that work in construction environments, from mobile workforces and jobsites to shared systems and project teams
- Measure what actually changes behavior and reduces exposure, rather than relying on training completion as the only proof of progress
Practical Takeaway: Leave with a practical roadmap for embedding security into day to-day project delivery, helping teams move beyond awareness training and create behaviours that genuinely reduce cyber risk
