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

Corporate password practices still lacking, says Dashlane

46 per cent of consumers sites and 36 per cent of enterprise sites had what vendor considers lax policies

Why CISOs should merge IT, OT and IoT networks for effective defence

It's no longer acceptable to separate the networks of IT, operational and Internet of Things to protect enterprises. Read why, and what to do about it

Ottawa about to join cyber threat exchange

Public Safety and the Canadian Security Establishment are about to join the Canadian Threat Exchange

Why the HBO breach was no surprise to a Forrester analyst

Chase Cunningham had just come back from Hollywood, where a group of industry execs he met said security was the responsibility 'of the IT guy'

Be on the lookout for fileless malware, warns Trend Micro

Discovery of a rare type of attack means infosec pros need to be alert for signs Windows Registry has been changed

How to make digital risk management part of a threat intelligence program

The chief security strategist at SurfWatch labs suggests broadening the threat intelligence model. Read why

WestJet admits reward card members data has been exposed

Airline won't say how many are affected, only that no credit card, banking or travel info was affected. However, an analyst says enough data could have been got to do some mischief

Black Hat/Def Con roundup: How Google ups Android security, another Microsoft SMB vulnerability

At the two security conferences there were also presentations on how to copy an RFID security badge and lessons from the Ukraine power grid attack

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