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

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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

Black Hat roundup: Facebook CSO sounds off, and another warning on a social media scam

At the 20th anniversary conference attendees hear how a threat group is trying to lure people into downloading malware by creating a phony woman on social media. Men wouldn't fall for that, would they ...?

How to integrate security into a DevOps team

It may take longer than a CIO expects but integrating IT security team into DevOps process is worth it, survey suggests

Stop being sloppy, Ernst & Young cyber leader tells infosec pros

During a visit to Canada Paul van Kessel talks about getting back to basics, cyber budgets and phishing

Time for ‘agile procurement’ for cyber security services, says expert

Corporate buying teams need to procure at the speed of cyber, a vice-president of CGI tells the RiskSec Toronto conference

Canada third in reported data breaches so far this year

There were 59 publicly reported breaches in the first half of 2017, up from 57 in the same period last year

Google Groups configuration mistake is exposing data on ‘hundreds’ of sites, warns RedLock

Wrongly clicking a simple setting can cause organizations to leave sensitive information open to the public

Canadian firms don’t do basics to minimize data breach risk: Lawyer

Lawyer comments after $1.25 million Walmart Canada/PNI Media settlement Separately, in the US the Canadian parent companies of Ashley Madison just agreed to a $11.2 million settlement of class action suits

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