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

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Best spending value is on security awareness, says Microsoft official

Four low-cost steps can increase security, conference told. Still, Canadian firms aren't dedicating enough money for security, privacy

Read only: Books CISOs ought to have

Today the cybersecurity canon of must-read books was expanded. The creator of the list reveals why infosec pros should read them....

Staff have privacy rights even if company provides devices, CPOs told

Tread carefully if you suspect staff are misusing PCs or smart phones, say privacy lawyers

Ten tips from Canada’s privacy commissioner to prevent employee data snooping

Access control part of strategy to prevent employees from looking around personal records held by employers

Federal privacy commissioner will watch threat information sharing, says official

New federal law allows organizations to share personal data related to possible crimes, but CISOs should be careful

Zen Cart shopping cart issues patch to close XSS vulnerabilities

Vendor had earlier issued separate patches for the Cross-site scripting problems, but decided a global fix is better

Three new ransomware variants reported

New strains overwrite master boot record, leverage PowerShell or compromise servers, say vendors

Vulnerabilities in Apple OS X, iOS exploit protection features

Security vendors find bugs in OS X's System Integrity Protection and iOS's digital rights management framework

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