Friday, January 14, 2011
Website attacks raise questions about African data security Hackers are increasingly hitting local government websites
Monday, June 29, 2009
UK's plans to hire hackers slammed A plan by Britain's security forces to recruit former "naughty boys" to help protect the country's IT infrastructure from online attacks meets with steep opposition 
Monday, June 01, 2009
China's Great Firewall blocks Twitter, other social sites Canadian Internet researchers report clamp down on Twitter, Bing, YouTube, Flickr, Live.com, MSN, Hotmail and Blogger as China prepares for 20th anniversary of the bloody government crack down on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square. Here's how you can circumvent the block and view China Tweets 
Thursday, February 12, 2009
The IT issue Harper should bring up with Obama CIOs will be called upon to implement software standards like XBRL, which will pave the way to a modernized securities disclosure system based on interactive data. But first the Canadian government needs to put in place a single national regulator
Friday, December 12, 2008
DRAM makers to get government bailout As manufacturers face one of the worst market downturns in history, Taiwan, Germany and South Korea all appear poised to offer some assistance to their DRAM chip makers
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Yang departure won't revive Microsoft's Yahoo takeover bid Microsoft's Ballmer says 'acquisition discussions are finished.' But he leaves door open for search collaboration deal with Yahoo 
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
ITU challenges ICANN to involve governments The head of the International Telecommunications Union complains governments have only an advisory role in the organization that manages Internet names. However, an ICANN executive says governments may run the ITU but not his organziation 
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Open-source group sues Quebec over MS purchase Montreal-based Facil wants government to take European approach to software purchases.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Open source group sues Quebec over MS purchase The provincial government is making a move towards Vista and a Montreal-based industry association says other alternatives should have been considered. A lawyer looks at software procurement's changing landscape
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Former Homeland Security official warns Canada on cyber risks Canadian public sector security experts who assume the Americans are on top of potential IT threats may be in for a nasty surprise, a former official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned the InfoSecurity Canada crowd on Wednesday.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Malaysia building center to study cyberterrorism The government has approved US$13 million to create a non-profit organization to fight online crime. So far 30 countries have agreed to join the entity, which will issue international alerts
Thursday, May 29, 2008
OECD calls for global anti-malware partnership The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development is urging governments and the IT industry to work together to fight malware, which it calls 'a million dollar criminal industry." Spokemen for Bell and Telus back the recommendation
Monday, April 07, 2008
Interview with CIO Dave Nikolejsin: Social networking Social networking outlets such as MySpace and Facebook are offering new avenues of communication for corporations and governments, but are also presenting fresh challenges to CIOs deciding how best to fit them into their business processes. Dave Nikolejsin, CIO for the Government of British Columbia, discusses his own experiences thus far in the world of Web 2.0.
Monday, March 03, 2008
Security claims blocking Africa telecom deregulation Citing unspecified security concerns, Southern African governments are shying away from deregulating international telecommunications gateways. 
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Public sector vs. private: Competition heats up for IT staff Alarms are sounding from many quarters about looming shortages in IT staff. The public sector will be particularly hard hit. An attrition rate of about 50 per cent over the next 10 years is expected for senior government IT staff due to early retirement, says David Tighe, VP at OriginHR, a Toronto-based recruiting and retention services provider.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Intel responds to EU antitrust charges In July the Commission accused the world's biggest maker of computer chips of handing out "substantial rebates" to computer manufacturers in return for buying its x86 chips
Friday, December 07, 2007
CIO Government Review December issue Inside CIO Government Review this December.
Monday, December 03, 2007
Cyber spies turn governments into targets Espionage is setting up shop on the Internet as governments around the world increasingly use the Web for intelligence gathering, according to McAfee Inc.'s Virtual Criminology Report. Security analysts believe cyber espionage will be one of the biggest threats to governments and national security in 2008 and will spur what analysts are calling a "cyber cold war."
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Chinese dissidents settle lawsuit against Yahoo Parties agree to 'dismiss with prejudice' all claims and enter a private settlement. This dissidents, though, remain in jail in China
Friday, October 26, 2007
Government lags cyber crime fight, says report The Canadian government has often been criticized for not doing enough to battle cyber crime, and one of the reasons for this may be a lack of understanding of what cyber crime really is. A recent report from International Perspectives sheds some light on countering cyber crime, and why the government needs to act now, according to its executive director, Alicia Wanless.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Gartner pushes CIOs to tighten up on green IT The analyst firm says by 2010, environmental-related issues will be among the top five IT management concerns for more than 50 per cent of state and local government organizations in Europe, North America and Australia
Monday, July 23, 2007
Moving beyond consultation - Meaningful engagement comes at a price It is an interesting indicator of the changing state of our political culture that even the most secretive and centralizing of governments now feel obliged to insist they consult closely with the public on key issues. At the same time, stakeholders regularly complain about the lack of consultation. They say decision-making is too closed, top-down and unresponsive.
Monday, July 02, 2007
Online voting uptake still in early stages says analyst A recent survey of online voters in the Town of Markham 2006 election may point to the future of e-voting in Canadian municipalities. In partnership with the Town of Markham, the survey is part of research conducted by Toronto-based Delvinia Interactive that began in 2003 to track online voter feedback.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Privacy, link analysis and counter-terrorism The Canadian government can expect increasing pressure to match its IT policies with those of the United States, not least because the U.S. has had some recent success in data analysis for counter-terrorism. "We in the U.S. have become deeply convinced that enhanced exchanges of information are the key to preventing the next terrorist attack," says Paul Rosenzweig of Homeland Security.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Government response to simulated crisis nets mediocre grade A simulated exercise to assess the federal government's ability to adequately respond to national emergencies has revealed several shortcoming