Nov 13, 2018 | Careers, Cybersecurity & Risk Management, Technology
November 12 – 18 is Cybersecurity Workforce Development Awareness Week I hear it every day: there is a tremendous and growing shortage of cybersecurity professionals globally… and I can definitely agree that there is a shortage. Where I might differ a bit is in...
Oct 24, 2018 | Cybersecurity Bulletin, Cybersecurity & Risk Management, Technology
Recently, I was thinking about a vacation trip that I am planning and, being the security guy that I am, I thought about security, of course. I have travelled to a lot of countries on a few continents and I have developed some steps that I take when I travel. Know...
Oct 10, 2018 | Cybersecurity Bulletin, Cybersecurity & Risk Management, 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, Cybersecurity & Risk Management, 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 19, 2018 | Cybersecurity Bulletin, Cybersecurity & Risk Management, 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...