Tag: #security
Are passwords really passé?
Future proofing anything is a monumental challenge in the IT world these days. Identification and authentication are areas that are especially problematic. For every...
Held for Ransom
Within the past month, several high-profile attacks have brought an increasingly popular form of malware into the public eye. It’s known as ransomware, and...
Mobility Phase III – a new take on business productivity
In today’s work world, productivity is measured by outcome rather than time, and performance, not presence, serves as the better gauge of employee value....
The ugly truth about ransomware
Recent media coverage of hospitals attacked by ransomware in Ottawa and Norfolk County has alerted everyone to the inherent dangers – and complexity –...
Blockchain to unleash the Internet of Value
Chris Skinner built a successful career around work with technology companies that serve the financial services community. Fourteen years ago, he went rogue and...
Vitamin Y: IBM Bell partner to push hybrid platforms
Context: IBM and Bell recently announced their partnership to provide business customers across Canada with access to specialized cloud services via Bell’s Business Cloud....
Symantec Canada: filling the privacy and security gaps
With over 20,600 employees in 50 countries, Symantec is the fourth largest software company in the world, and a leading provider of managed security...
ATN: The Apple customer letter and the conflict between cybersecurity and...
InsightaaS: Let me start with a disclaimer. I'm not a big fan of "the fruit company:" I use no Apple products, and don't care...
Cloud Security, Privacy and Reliability, a new community offering from...
The Toronto Cloud Business Coalition – a group of more than 60 Canadian experts drawn from the IT management, cloud services provider, channel, academic, VC/corporate finance...
The shape of "things" to come
Every January, the Consumer Electronics Show, now simply known as CES, fills virtually every available space in Las Vegas with the latest and greatest...
Serving the common good: intelligence sharing in an era of automation
Vincent Weafer is a long term veteran of the IT industry and cyber security battleground. A former VP of Symantec’s security response unit, as...
SAS takes analytics into the network
When Dr. James Goodnight and his partners founded the SAS Institute in 1976 after running almost a decade as a successful academic project at...
FOCUS 15 trains lens on the Threat Detection Lifecycle
The proliferation of technology – and how we consume it – are having profound effects on our productivity, work styles and service delivery. But...
First world problems
As we become more and more dependent on tech, keeping it powered becomes an increasing issue. I attend a lot of conferences, and masses...
Vitamin Y: HP on the road – showing its new side
Context: Since August 2015, HP has been engaged in a division of the company that will be formalized on November 1st through launch of...
