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

Trying to measure the cost of a breach

Depending on the organization the price may top $1 billion over five years, consulting firm calculates

Ashley Madison attack aided by credentials theft: Report

Among the lessons learned, says Canada's privacy commissioner, is use multi-factor authentication for administrators, have a governance framework, be transparent about data handling

Ashley Madison parent company criticized by privacy commissioners over huge breach

Canadian and Australian commissioners say safeguards were insufficient, leading to 2105 breach

Companies 100 per cent worse in cyber security than 10 years ago, says expert

The state of security isn't getting better according to several experts. What's your view?

Putting a new face on old lessons

An expert suggests the way the U.S. Secret Service protects the President offers lessons to cyber security pros

Score public data breach reports to restore trust, says security vendor

There are those who think public data breach reports aren't detailed enough to shame organizations. One expert suggests the reports be scored for transparency

“Double-compromised” website reveals importance of patching

Site has injected script from two exploit kit campaigns, showing the need for properly administered Windows hosts

Cisco confirms zero-day exploit in alleged NSA tool hack

At least one unpatched vulnerability has been discovered. Other vendors say bugs the tools leverage in their products have already been patched

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