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Cohesity’s CyberScan app targets unpatched vulnerabilities in backups

Organizations looking for a way to scan their production environment for vulnerabilities without disrupting it have an…

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Cohesity’s CyberScan app targets unpatched vulnerabilities in backups

Organizations looking for a way to scan their production environment for vulnerabilities without disrupting it have an…

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Federal government launches cybersecurity certification program for SMBs

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Ottawa’s cybersecurity action plan includes $10M for special projects

Just over a year after announcing an updated federal cybersecurity strategy, Ottawa has revealed how it will be implemented.

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More than 90% of security decision-makers fail to keep tabs on workloads in the cloud

Executives’ desire to not miss out on a competitive advantage is leading to security professionals losing track of workloads on the cloud, according to a new study from Symantec Corp.

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The Reddit Recap – Cylance engine gets tricked, a strange request, and the tips list grows

A bug in Cylance, a boss’ request raises eyebrows, and more from this week’s top posts on the MSP subreddit

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Security & Privacy Videos

Winston wants to protect your digital privacy – All Hands on Tech at CES 2019

New ‘Wallet Card’ allows you to ditch all your debit and credit cards

BlackBerry channel chief outlines new strategy

Best Security Solution Silver and Bronze winners at CEA 2015

Best Security Solution at CDN Channel Elite Awards 2015

Security experts talk MSSP shortage and how companies make breaches an easy thing

Canadian firm Bionym integrates wearable tech with Salesforce app

Businesses fear CASL class-action risks

Security & Privacy News

Manufacturing spending billions on IoT, but still can’t patch Windows or remember passwords

The manufacturing industry is spending billions of dollars on IoT, but it continues to do a terrible job of securing its connected devices.

Cost of security breaches to Canadian firms studied averaged over $9 million a year: Report

The price of security incidents in organizations in 11 countries jumped an average of 12 per cent last year, according to a new study.

Fastest risers on CDN Top 100 list: growing despite talent gap

With a combined estimated revenue of between $86.5-$105 million, the four fastest risers on the CDN Top…

Canadian cloud leaders may be among the least secure, report suggests

Canadian organizations are increasingly moving data and workloads to the cloud. But if a recently-released study is representative, the leading firms in this movement are among the least secure.

New dark web search tool uncovers unpleasant, but important, information for clients

After a basic search query, a large financial institution recently discovered, within seconds, that internal documents had leaked and were floating around on the dark web.

Think you’re using AI effectively in security? You’re probably not, says security expert

Nearly 60 per cent of businesses have automated their security and incident response tools, but only at a very minimal level, according to a new SANS Institute study.

Microsoft outlines AI ethics framework strategy

Microsoft Corp. has made great strides in the field of AI, and as it continues to innovate,…

Government issues cyber security guide for SMBs

Small and mid-sized companies face a dilemma when it comes to cyber security: If they can’t afford full-time infosec experts to effectively defend themselves, what and how much can they afford to do?

CDN Lifetime Achievement Award: Michael Murphy

We spoke with this year’s CDN Top 100 Lifetime Achievement Award winner about his career, the security landscape in IT, and what he’s got in store for the future.

Malware attacks in Canada up 103 per cent over 2018, says SonicWall

Canada faced the second biggest increase in malware attacks last year among customers according to corporate security vendor SonicWall.

Datto report highlights massive disconnect between MSPs and customers around ransomware

Datto Inc.’s annual Canadian State of the Channel Ransomware Report released this week, and among the laundry-list…

BlackBerry creates Washington subsidiary to serve U.S. government

Waterloo, Ont.-based BlackBerry Ltd. announced on Tuesday it’s creating a new subsidiary based in Washington, D.C. called…

General Dynamics, Scalar and others help Canadian Army with ‘new initiative’ through $621M contract

Ottawa’s General Dynamics Mission Systems was recently awarded three contracts valued at more than $621 million by the federal government to improve the Canadian Army’s (CA) ability to protect the communications and information systems they depend on.