Why Boards must consider cyber security as part of corporate governance. For many years now, Information security, including Cyber Security, has been left to the IT Department. However, even if [...]
Many organizations have access to, or store PHI (Personal Health Information). Not all of them are aware that they have legislated responsibilities to protect that personal information on behalf of [...]
Information Security and Information Privacy are often confused with each other. It is important to understand the differences, and in some cases, the similarities. Information security vs. information privacy. Consider [...]
Protection from the Information Security bad guys. You know there is some nasty stuff out there on the Internet. You also know that your employees use company computers and networks [...]
In June of 2013, Edward Snowden leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA). The leaked information revealed a number of surveillance programs that had been initiated by the [...]
Analyzing a Data Breach: Ashley Madison - the Good, the Bad, and of course the Ugly Recently, the Ashley Madison network was compromised, allegedly by a group known as the [...]
Most of us are aware that Canadian, USA and other governments are under constant attack from other sovereign nations, usually for the purposes of obtaining military or economic information. Many [...]
You’ve decided you need to set up an Information Security group in your IT department, or perhaps you already have one but it is not performing to your expectations. One [...]
Information Security in some organizations is considered to be a roadblock to doing business. In some cases, unfortunately, this has been true, and it’s because the business do not view [...]