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

Give management the right security metrics

If you aren't getting a sympathetic ear upstairs it may be because you're giving them the wrong numbers

Canadian spy agency watchdog can’t estimate how much metadata was wrongly shared

Slip, blamed on 'lack of due diligence' by the Communications Security Establishment, went on for years

Basic security practices and user education imperative to blunt breaches: IBM

Criminals and nation states have become more sophisticated than ever in evading defences, report says

Exploit kits will get even more complex, warns Dell

CISOs have to patch systems regularly to meet the threat of malware authors, company says in new report

Two-thirds of infosec pros say they can’t defend email attacks: Study

Survey also shows respondents whose firms spent more on security than others didn't feel safer

Apple backdoor court order being watched in Canada

Order could mean police have a way to access encrypted devices without backdoor legislation

C-suite over-estimates risk of malicious insiders: Study

Seventy per cent of CxOs questioned thought malicious insiders were the biggest threat, but in reality about 31 per cent of breaches can be blamed on them

Security industry has learned nothing from patching lapses: Report

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise's annual cyber risk report shows failure to patch is a big hole in enterprise environments

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