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

Industrial control system breaches rising, says new report

SANS Institute survey shows concerning numbers for infosec professionals

Cyber attacks on financial sector three times other industries: Report

CISOs in the sector face need to be nimble to deal with constantly changing attacks, says Websense

New federal privacy law in effect, but not mandatory data breach disclosure – yet

The Digital Privacy Act has been proclaimed but a key part still awaits regulations. CISOs and privacy officers will need to be patient

Hacktivist group temporarily takes down Canadian federal sites

Hactivist group Anonymous says attack to protest new anti-terrorism bill

SC Congress: Use Linux to fight malware, and let business learn security-speak

Why IBM switched OS for certain staff; also, a security exec says it's time business learned our language

Stop DDoS attacks, CISOs urged

SC Congress 2015: An expert says patching systems and Web applications will go a long way to ending attacks

Insider threats blamed on loss of access control, mistreating employees

SC Congress 2015: Read the opinions of experts on the cause of insider threats, and what to do about them

Without threat intelligence ‘you’re just throwing darts at a board,’ Cdn IT pros told

SC Congress 2015: Experts say what it takes to assemble threat intelligence capabilities

Tech News