Oct 10, 2018 | Cybersecurity Bulletin, Privacy & Cybersecurity, Technology
With the recent announcement from Facebook that 50 million of their client’s accounts had been breached, it is obviously important to make cybersecurity a personal thing. CBC MarketPlace also just completed a test of smart home devices (e.g., Ring Doorbells, Nest...
Mar 27, 2018 | Cybersecurity Bulletin, Privacy & Cybersecurity, Technology
Easter is upon us and it got me thinking about Easter eggs – not the delicious chocolate ones or the colourful dyed version, but the geeky ones that take the form of hidden features in video game or computer applications. They are an old concept going back to...
Jan 25, 2018 | Privacy & Cybersecurity, Technology
Mariner’s senior security consultant Sandy Fadale is featured in the latest issue of ISACA’s journal The Network. And in case you’re wondering – ISACA is an independent, nonprofit, global association, engaging in the development, adoption and use of globally...
Jan 19, 2018 | Cybersecurity Bulletin, Privacy & Cybersecurity, Technology
Internet of Things devices increase in number and functions performed every month. An example of Internet of Things, or IoT, device could be a home thermostat or a lightbulb you can control from your smartphone, a refrigerator with a screen that can show you today’s...
Dec 19, 2017 | Cybersecurity Bulletin, Privacy & Cybersecurity, Technology
A few things to keep in mind about security at this otherwise festive time of year: Phishing emails and their telephone and text message counterparts are always more frequent at this time of year and during times of disasters. Hackers/criminals will attempt to get...
Nov 23, 2017 | Cybersecurity Bulletin, Privacy & Cybersecurity, Technology
I think that everyone in the cybersecurity and risk-related industries agree that 2017 is proving to be a time of very much elevated risk for everyone. A string of devastating hurricanes in the Atlantic, major earthquakes in Mexico, ongoing terrorist attacks globally...
