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Johnny Vegas makes a cameo at Dell Peak show

LAS VEGAS - SonicWALL Peak Performance has been a highlight of my conference schedule for many years.  It was only 10 or so years...

Dell/SonicWALL trying to win back partners

LAS VEGAS - Judging from the roughly 750 channel partners from more than 20 countries who are attending the Peak Performance Conference the important question...

SAP HANA, cloud and mobile systems vulnerable to attack

SAP tends to make headlines somewhat infrequently when it comes to security issues, but a recent report from business application security research firm ERPScan indicated the...

Why ransomware is currently Canada’s top malware threat

Editor's note: Story and map updated with malware data from July 2016. Hackers may be taking a summer hiatus in Canada, as malware infections dropped...

IoT security needs to be tougher

Every vendor’s got a piece of the Internet of Things, including Wilson Sporting Goods, which on Monday revealed a Bluetooth-enabled football that captures data...

Canadian organizations are not prepared for IT disasters, survey reveals

The majority of organizations don’t have an adequate backup and disaster recovery plan, according to a recent CanadianCIO task force report. The IT Professionals...

Canadian firms more likely to pay ransomware demands, survey suggests

Despite urgings from the RCMP and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre to not give in to ransomware, Canadian organizations seem more likely to surrender to...

RSA unveils new identity management offering

EMC's security arm RSA has unveiled SecurID Suite, which will combine access, governance, lifecycle and identity assurance features in one product. RSA SecurID Suite components...

Follow Friday: Identity management experts to follow on Twitter

For this week’s CDN #FollowFriday, we are showcasing identity management experts that specialize in this area of security. First up is is Kaliya Young, co-founder...

Digital transformation, IoT, business messaging & the secured network: Four things learned from Cisco Live 2016 

Las Vegas — Stephen Foster was among the 28,000 attendees down at Cisco Live 2016 this week hoping to hear more about how the...

Cisco aims for 100 per cent security

LAS VEGAS - On Day 2 of Cisco Live, the vendor focused on the issue of security, digital transformation and the network with a...

Azure to make sensitive documents more secure

TORONTO - “As soon as you print your document it no longer becomes intelligent.” That’s what Julia White, the general manager of product market...

Antivirus maker Avast buys rival AVG for $1.3 billion

Security vendor Avast is acquiring fellow antivirus maker AVG, best known for its free consumer products, in a cash deal valued at $1.3 billion. In...

Latest Norton release puts the focus on WiFi

Symantec Corp. hopes to educate the alarming number of Canadians unaware of the risks involved in using public WiFi with its Norton security software...

The Top 10 IT security tools for 2016 and why the CSO should care

National Harbor, MD — At its Security & Risk Management Summit this week, analyst firm Gartner Inc. outlined the top ten information security tools...

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