The U.S. Department of State has selected a Canadian company to work on a pilot project for Homeland Security, aimed at meeting the requirements of a presidential directive. Cryptography specialist WinMagic Inc. of Mississauga, Ont., was chosen for its SecureDoc encryption software that enables full-disk encryption at pre-boot level, which can be integrated with USB identification tokens and authentication smart cards.

Hackers target unpatched IE bug

Robert McMillan - December 1, 2005

Microsoft Corp. is warning Internet Explorer users to be careful where they browse because attackers are now targeting a critical unpatched bug in the software. If successful, these attackers could possibly use this bug to seize control of a user's system, Microsoft says.

Security: The case for vulnerability management

Simon Tang - November 30, 2005

Ransomware and other new types of malicious threats are upping the stakes in the IT security game. With attacks on information systems becoming more complex and destructive, CIOs face a huge task in ensuring the safety of the corporate IT environment. Author Simon Tang argues that the time is right to mount a comprehensive response to the problem.

Anti-spyware tools absent from many Canadian enterprise networks

Mari-Len De Guzman - November 27, 2005

As enterprise-level anti-spyware tools become available to protect businesses from potentially unwanted programs, many Canadian firms have yet to integrate these mechanisms into their information security infrastructure.

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Understanding Cybersecurity on Smartphones (UCS-Sph) Part 2

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This second article of the Understanding Cybersecurity on Smartphones (UCS-Sph) series delves into Microsoft's Windows Phone, a mobile OS that has undergone significant changes...