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

Canadian firms over-confident about detecting fraud, says consulting firm

Nearly a quarter of respondents aren’t confident about detecting external threats from online hackers

RCMP again complains about Shared Services Canada’s performance

Eleven-hour network outage last month prompted letter to Public Safety Minister

Most pen testers say they can crack a system within 12 hours: Survey

Study for Nuix finds white hats believe most times they have no trouble successfully attacking cyber defences

Canadian cyber firm confirms it was the victim described in RSA investigation

The Windows event log analyzer made by Altair Technologies had a backdoor installed for two weeks in 2015

How an attacker beat anti-fraud protocols, and other cyber security incident cases

Verizon's annual Data Breach Digest tells tales of elaborate spear phishing scams, scam eCommerce sites, and janitors being bribed to infect their employers with malware.

Kaspersky releases secure IoT operating system for developers

OS can be customized by manufacturers, with security assured through customer-audited policies

The worst presentation CISOs make to boards (and how to avoid it)

At RSA Conference 2017 infosec pros got a lot of advice on how a CISOs should speak to a board. Here's a synopsis

Government needs to regulate cyber security of IoT, somehow, say experts

At RSA Conference the industry is warned that 'at some point somebody will get killed' unless there's action

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