Glenn Weir

Content writer at IT World Canada. Book lover. Futurist. Sports nut. Once and future author. Would-be intellect. Irish-born, Canadian-raised.

Articles by Glenn Weir

Responding quickly and effectively to cyber incidents

A clear uptick in cybersecurity spending in recent years may lead some to believe that businesses are at last gaining the upper hand —...

Staying ahead of the enemy within

When set to thinking about cyber threats, people’s thoughts often go immediately to the external — to bad actors outside the company. Historically, at...

Offering a seamless customer experience

A seamless shopping experience no longer means having your bags carried to your car. In today’s mobile world, customers expect to shop across every...

Opportunity Knox: Layered depth defence

Whether it’s a border wall or a frontline trench in wartime, security has always involved a demarcation. This concept has informed computer security from...

Opportunity Knox: Managing a fleet of devices

Mobile device use is not a new fad or trend for government workers, who have been using smartphones on the job for years. However,...

Opportunity Knox: More secure, zero-touch enrollment

Think about how IT professionals used to set up and assemble computers: they configured hardware, booted machines, and when prompted, installed the OS and...

Hottest tech jobs coming into 2018

Canada remains in dire need of IT and tech professionals. According to a 2016 report from the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC), Canada...

Being proactive in the age of the pro hacker

The title of a 1974 mega-hit from the Canadian rock band Bachman Turner Overdrive speaks perfectly to where we are in the history of...

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