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

Half of cyber attacks on Canadian firms succeed, survey suggests

The majority of respondents also believe gathering and using threat intelligence is key to winning the cyber security war

Indegy offers network appliance to improve industrial controllers’ protection

Device can confirm status of programmable logic controllers and remote terminal units, says company

Sharing is vital to thwart attackers, says Microsoft security exec

At a security analyst conference the head of the company's threat intelligence centre issues a call for more collaboration among infosec pros

Deception technology enhances honeypots for cyber defence

A new generation of honeypots gives hope to the idea of trapping attackers. Read how they could help your enterprise

Why software teams need disciplined structure to reduce security bugs

Successful development teams must have a software security group (SSG) and a software security initiative (SSI). Read why

Study dismisses police worries encryption will end their surveillance capabilities

Report concludes there will always be more, not less, opportunities law enforcement and intelligence agencies in surveillance

NASA breach shows again that brute force password attacks work

Unchanged default password helped attackers get into U.S. space agency's system

Canadian privacy expert critical of spy agencies’ handling of metadata

Ann Cavoukian "distressed" metadata not completely scrubbed before being shared with allies

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