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

How to keep track of cloud providers and products for security compliance

Keeping on top of the increasing number of cloud services for compliance purposes can be an exhaustive job. An expert tells how to do it

Are you ready to face cyber security vendor pitches?

CISOs hate facing sales and marketing people, in part because the pitches aren't mature. Read what CISOs and vendors should do and vendors -- should do

Many Canadian firms don’t take breaches seriously, say experts

Some want to make it go away, which is a big mistake, say lawyers at privacy conference. Read why

Russian critics hit by phishing, phoney leaked documents, Canadian researchers say

The University of Toronto's Citizen Lab discovers campaign to discredit domestic and foreign critics of the Russian government. Its report raises questions about online trust

Allow users to choose long passphrases for passwords, NIST proposes

The standards agency suggests phrases up to 64 letters now be best practice. Read why a Canadian expert agrees

Average time to plug SCADA holes is 150 days, says report

Developers of SCADA systems urged to adopt secure lifecycle practices in report from Trend Micro

Employee fired after biggest privacy breach at Canada Revenue, says CBC

Tax agency says no taxpayer information was altered, and it just installed a $10 million IT system to monitor employee access to files

WannaCry ransomware “a wakeup event” for directors: Canadian lawyer

Shareholders will want to know why systems weren't patched, lawyer says. Also, read how to be ready for ransomware

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