Cyber security risks: What do you tell the board? Cyber security is a risk that needs to be managed like every other risk. So how does the executive team inform the board on the risks and how they are being managed? What actions does the board need to take to be responsible for cyber risk? […]
Unified threat management firewalls, endpoint protection, and email gateways are all designed to protect the network from outside threats. Security awareness training is designed to educate employees about how to spot threats and become instrumental in defending against threats. The issue at hand is that no matter what security defenses are in place, corporations still […]
Cyber Security news is inundated with new ransomware attacks using current events to entice end users to open and click on an email that will encrypt data and demand ransom. Some however are far more invasive, such as the RYUK Ransomware, which is the final act in an attack, one that starts with the Emotet […]
The new reality for Canadian businesses The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act or PIPEDA applies to the collection, use or disclosure of personal information by every Canadian organization in the course of a commercial activity. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada introduced new data breach reporting requirements that came into effect […]
