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

Health care industry warned again it’s in the cross-hairs of cyber-thieves

Figures show health providers and insurers much more likely to be attacked than other sectors; Canadian expert says hospitals here aren't getting the message

Splunk makes it easier for its SIEM users to share analytics

Capability makes it easy for security staff to export dashboards, searches to Splunk users

What CISOs can learn from the U.S. on handling a breach

Congressional testimony on the huge personnel data breach was tough to watch. Infosec pros here should be ready to face that kind of grilling

The Ashley Madison hack: Insider, outsider — or it doesn’t matter

A security analyst says the 'how' doesn't matter. In one sense all breaches are inside jobs. Read why

Trustwave ‘hiring like mad,’ including in Canada, after acquisition

New owner Singtel will give security vendor more support, including for its new Canadian managed services operations centre

Check Point says new sandbox catches malware before infection

Adopting technology from a recent acquisition, company says Sandblast can catch evading malware

HP’s cloud-based DNS traffic analysis to spot early signs of malware

New service will analyze customer DNS traffic for suspicious signs. Also, more kick for HP Fortify

HyTrust extends to access control suite to VMware NSX

The latest version of CloudControl includes support for VMware's network virtualization platform. Also, read details about NSX 6.2

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