Howard Solomon

Currently a freelance writer, I'm the former editor of ITWorldCanada.com and Computing Canada. An IT journalist since 1997, I've written for several of ITWC's sister publications including ITBusiness.ca and Computer Dealer News. Before that I was a staff reporter at the Calgary Herald and the Brampton (Ont.) Daily Times. I can be reached at hsolomon [@] soloreporter.com

Articles by Howard Solomon

Equifax CIO, CSO retire after breach disclosed

Company admits its security team knew of Apache Struts vulnerability in March and tried to patch its systems. Yet three months later the hole was used by threat actors

Proposed federal data breach reporting regs good for business: Lawyer

No onerous record-keeping required under proposed Canadian data breach reporting regulations. However, a public law advocate says the law still gives firms too much discretion in reporting breaches

Encryption-breaking quantum computers getting closer, warns Canadian expert

The threat posed to protected data by the fledgling technology is increasing an international conference will be told this week

Book review: Cybersecurity in Canada

Book aimed at IT procurement managers,risk managers and lawyers has.useful advice on buying secure technology and incident response

Equifax breach could cost hundreds of millions of dollars, says Forrester analyst

'This is going to be painful,' given the tens of millions of affected customers, says analyst. She urges organizations to create business cases for spending on security by calculating the possible costs of breaches

CIRA tailors DNS filtering solution to Canadian education sector

The initiatives lowers the price of the enterprise D-Zone DNS firewall so school boards and universities can afford it

Warning: Protect your mobile phone numbers from being hijacked

There are a number of reports that criminals are convincing wireless carriers to transfer phone numbers to their control, after which they can access and change passwords

Samsung Group head sentenced to five years in bribery trial

Prosecutors had asked for a 12 year term for the billionaire and heir to the Samsung empire

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