Canadian flavour at the RSA conference
California wine was flowing this week at the trade show during RSA’s annual conference, but the booth…
Editor of ITWorldCanada.com and Computing Canada, covering all aspects of enterprise computing, telecommunications, network infrastructure and government IT issues. An IT journalist since 1997, I've written for several of ITWC's sister publications.
New next-gen firewall from Cisco, security mainframe from IBM
Two of the biggest names in IT have announced new products they say will help enterprises better…
NASA breach shows again that brute force password attacks work
It isn’t uncommon for hackers to boast about their exploits; it adds a bit of credibility to…
Top 12 security predictions for 2016
Twelve months ago when I started covering cybersecurity the state of things was pretty bleak: 2014 marked…
SecTor 2015: How Toronto’s Pam Am Games blocked security problems
There were 88 major IT security incidents in the lead up to and during last summer’s Toronto…
New government will deal with privacy regulations, wireless
When Justin Trudeau is sworn into office as the country’s newest Prime Minister shortly, he’ll have a…
Behind the rise in Canada of managed security providers
It’s taken a while but Canadian CISOs are increasingly outsourcing elements of IT protection to managed security…
BlackBerry adds crisis communications solution to its portfolio
BlackBerry is extending its security portfolio with the acquisition of a provider of crisis communications solutions for…
Without threat intelligence ‘you’re just throwing darts at a board,’ Cdn IT pros told
A threat intelligence system is essential for organizations to have today to meet the challenge of sophisticated…
Insider threats blamed on loss of access control, mistreating employees
CSOs are increasingly worried about their worst nightmare — insider data theft. After all, insiders have legitimate…
Intel Security chief on going back to IT fundamentals, consolidating solutions and the channel
There’s a war going on between IT security pros and hackers, so Toronto’s Royal Canadian Military Institute…
Two security vendors unveil easier encryption and certificate management
Two security vendors have added to the capabilities of their offerings, one by expanding the ability of…
5 ways to raise security awareness in the workplace
Educating staff about safe IT practices is a never-ending process — at least it is in the…
BlackBerry CEO forges new partnerships
When John Chen took over as executive chair and CEO of financially-troubled BlackBerry exactly a year ago,…
Huawei to invest $500 million in Ontario, promises 325 new jobs
Chinese network equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies is increasing its investment in Ontario in hopes that will persuade…