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 a small Canadian company fell victim to ransomware

First day on the new job, an executive clicked on an attachment

Rio Games faced olympic-sized DDoS attacks

Threat actors leveraging default passwords in IoT devices to create botnet, vendor warns

Sensitive user information repository in OneLogin penetrated, company admits

Password theft led exploit of bug in the Identity and access manager's Secure Notes store

POS breaches a reminder to toughen defences

Retailer Eddie Bauer's recent warning to Canadian and U.S. customers of breach shows POS malware is only increasing

What should CROs do with cost of data breach studies?

Reports trying to calculate the cost of a breach come up with different numbers. The real value may be not in calculating risk but in sparking discussion in the enterprise

Five signs of identity and access management trouble

Do you know who owns all the user accounts in your firm? Do you know how many orphan accounts there are? Here's some tips on IAM

Apple security update sparked by Canadian researchers

University of Toronto's Citizen Lab helps confirm iOS exploit sent to Middle East human rights activist

Data lakes mean a plunge into the security pool

Putting all enterprise data into a "data lake" may offer cost advantages, but don't forget the increased need for security with everything in one place

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