Security

SolarWinds and its CISO have been accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with fraud and internal control failures relating to allegedly...

Chen to leave BlackBerry at the end of the week

Howard Solomon - October 30, 2023

After a decade of trying to resuscitate BlackBerry Ltd., John Chen is leaving the company. In a statement issued this afternoon, the company announced the...

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: ‘Staff training far most cost-effective than going through a cyber compromise’

Howard Solomon - October 30, 2023

As Cybersecurity Awareness Month comes to a close, let’s face the elephant in the room: Employee awareness training is expensive and time-consuming. In reply, meet...

Toronto Public Library hit by cyber attack

Howard Solomon - October 29, 2023

Toronto Public Library’s services have been impacted following a cyber attack. The library’s 100 branches are open and material can be loaned. The free Wi-Fi...

Canadian government issues call for proposals to support fight against misinformation

Breanna Schnurr - October 27, 2023

The Government of Canada has announced a large step in combating the spread of misinformation and disinformation online. Pascale St-Onge, minister of Canadian heritage,...

Downtown Toronto hospital investigating ‘data security incident’

Howard Solomon - October 27, 2023

A major downtown Toronto hospital is investigating what it calls a data security incident. Michael Garron Hospital, part of a group of healthcare institutions called...

MapleSEC: How Kyndryl built cyber resiliency into its new IT infrastructure

Howard Solomon - October 24, 2023

Next month will mark an independence day of sorts for IT infrastructure provider Kyndryl Inc. In 2021, what was then called IBM Global Technology Services...

Cost of data breach up 12 per cent: Survey

Howard Solomon - October 24, 2023

Inflation is up for all sorts of products and services, including the cost of a data breach. The median cost of a data breach to...

Canadian CEO confidence in facing cyber attacks varies, according to KPMG surveys

Howard Solomon - October 24, 2023

While Canadian infosec pros struggle in the trenches with cyber attacks, CEOs stand at a higher level looking over the entire organization. From their...

Five Southern Ontario hospitals impacted by cyber attack on shared services provider

Howard Solomon - October 24, 2023

The shared services model adopted by governments and non-profits has many advantages, including efficiency and economies of scale. However, a cyber attack on a firm...

MapleSEC: How infosec pros can make their organizations safe for AI

Howard Solomon - October 23, 2023

Artificial intelligence applications are a two-edged sword: They can be used by employees to improve productivity and make better products and services, and they...

Suspected developer of Ragnar Locker ransomware arrested in Paris

Howard Solomon - October 20, 2023

The suspected developer of the Ragnar Locker ransomware strain is in custody in France and the malware’s IT infrastructure taken down after an international...

MapleSEC: How the Canadian government’s Cyber Centre helps infosec pros

Howard Solomon - October 20, 2023

What does the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security do for infosec pros? Quite a lot, according to Melanie Anderson, the federal agency’s director-general for secure...

MapleSEC: How to stop CSOs from saying, ‘Goodbye’

Howard Solomon - October 19, 2023

Increasing cyber attacks and the pressures COVID put on organizations is making chief security officers and their equivalents think of the unthinkable: Quitting. In fact,...

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