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

Identity federation is vital for survival of Canadian organizations, conference told

Big providers like Google are already federating identity, Canada Post official said, but 'we're falling behind'

When organizations suffer a cyber incident, management gets security: Report

RSA survey shows 75 per cent of respondents had a significant expsoure to cybersecurity risk

Cisco launches US$10 million scholarships to fast-track cyber security training

To meet security skills shortage candidates have to finish courses within three months and earn Cisco certifications

Awareness training and governance needed to foil executive fraud scams

Security and risk officers will need a two-pronged approach to defeating this type of attack

Ransomware signs in Canada up 20 per cent in last three months: Security vendor

As the University of Calgary continues to scour systems for encrypted data experts warn CISOs of rising ransomware campaigns

More Canadian telcos should detail police data requests: Privacy commissioner

Daniel Therrien also complains that police still want access without warrants to wireless subscriber data

CRTC has wrong focus on digital divide, carriers complain

Concentrate on access and affordability, not a grand strategy, Canadian Telecom Summit told

Some Canadian firms still think they won’t be targets of cyber attacks, conference told

Upcoming mandatory data breach reporting rules may help spread awareness, experts agree

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