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Cavoukian fires back at Durham Health report criticism

Cavoukian fires back at Durham Health report criticism

05 Feb 2010 By: Kathleen Lau - ComputerWorld Canada Creator
Ontario Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian takes issue with security vendor Websense’s criticism that her January report focuses solely on data encryption on mobile devices. She also disagrees that Canadian privacy legislation has no bite
How Trend Micro addresses cloud security

How Trend Micro addresses cloud security

04 Feb 2010 By: Greg Meckbach - Network World Canada Creator
Trend Micro VP Wael Mohamed offers a sneak peak into version 8 of its Deep Security product. The former Third Brigade chief exec briefed Network World Canada on the security issues in server virtualization, cloud computing and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
Cavoukian’s order to encrypt health data not enough

Cavoukian’s order to encrypt health data not enough

03 Feb 2010 By: Kathleen Lau - ComputerWorld Canada Creator
Security vendor Websense says Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian’s mandate that all 36 Ontario health authorities encrypt data in motion is barely enough to avoid data loss. Organizations focus too much on restricting types of endpoints
Botnet targets Web sites with junk SSL connection

Botnet targets Web sites with junk SSL connection

01 Feb 2010 By: Jeremy Kirk - IDG News Service (London Bureau) Creator
The aim of the odd attack is unknown but it's not knocking the sites offline, the Shadowserver Foundation says. Experts say it’s part of the Pushdo botnet, which is used to send out spam but also capable of sending other malware to computers
Security portfolio tackles complexity with integration

Security portfolio tackles complexity with integration

26 Jan 2010 By: Kathleen Lau - ComputerWorld Canada Creator
Hewlett-Packard says its new security services portfolio will give customers better integration across HP and partner offerings, reducing complexity. But an Info-Tech Research analyst thinks the cloud offerings reflect capabilities that are perhaps not “fully baked”

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