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

Few cloud services have basic security capabilities, says vendor study

Things are improving, says report from Skyhigh Networks, but there's still a long way to go

Ottawa risking data by keeping it local, says consultant

Local data residency policies increase security risks, a report for Google finds. Instead it champions cloud providers

Love bite: For Valentine’s Day, beware of Android dating apps

It's a good time for security pros to remind staff about potential vulnerabilities in dating apps

Build a Zero Trust network for better security

Network security can no longer assume some packets can be trusted, says Forrester Research. Here's how a new security architecture can be built

More help for interpreting log results

Cyberoam firewalls, UTMs now include user risk rankings, while SolarWinds adds wizards to its log manager for configuration

Mobile fraud losses “staggering”: Report

Some companies report losing as much as 25 per cent of their revenue due to mobile fraud

Not all malware authors are great coders, says report

Researchers looked at the variants of a recent exploit and conclude -- fortunately -- some coders don't have good quality assurance procedures

CISOs don’t get the respect they need, says consultant

U.S. security veteran Jeff Bardin says CISOs need to be freed from being under the thumb of CIOs

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