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

Dalhousie University warns 20,000 that personal data was open for months

Computer file listing alumni, university friend and donor information was open to the university community. The institution says no financial or government ID information was listed

Canadians still don’t know if they are among 57 million victims of Uber breach

As privacy regulators wait for more information, an expert says breach shows Ottawa has to move faster on data breach disclosure regulations

Tips for tuning a SIEM

At this month's SecTor conference a Mandiant Canada consultant offered advice on setting up rules

Kaspersky says internal investigation proves its software hasn’t been tampered with

Report is the latest move after a newspaper published allegations that Russia is using Kaspersky software for spying

Build playbooks to meet emerging threats, SecTor conference told

There are no fail-safe mitigation strategies, conference told, so the next best thing are playbooks. Here's how to make them

Government regulation of IoT coming, SecTor conference told

Canada will be among the nations that does it first, says security expert Bruce Schneier, because IoT devices have the potential to kill. Read why this is his vision

Canada’s new cyber security strategy will be based on 5 principles: Senior official

At the annual SecTor conference a senior Public Safety Canada director gives a peek at what's coming

Why networking, not just work on networks, helps an infosec career

At the annual SecTor conference five infosec leaders talk about how to get ahead in the profession

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