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SMBs underestimate cybercrime risks
A survey by McAfee indicates that smaller organizations in North America believe they can fly under the radar of today’s cyber crooks.
Call for Papers - 10th Annual Privacy and Security Conference (Victoria, BC)
The Annual Privacy and Security Conference and Exposition has become a leading event in North America for those working in the information privacy and security fields. Held in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, the two-day conference draws an international audience of some 1,200 delegates with an interest in cutting edge policy, programs, research and technologies aimed at the protection of privacy and security
Four in 10 companies don’t enforce security: survey
Only 59 per cent of Canadian companies enforce their IT security. Nearly one-quarter of respondents to a recent survey on IT security said their policies were not enforced in an acceptable way. The survey of 300 organizations, conducted by both Telus Corp. and the University of Toronto’s Rotman school of Management, the Rotman-Telus Joint Study on Canadian IT Security Practices, was released Monday. Of the private companies surveyed, respondents lost an average of $294,000 to cyber crime, while the average publicly-traded firm lost $637,000 per year. Government organizations lost an average of $320,000.
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Crossing the Border with Your Laptop
Just a reminder – you have no expectation of privacy when your cross the US border carrying your laptop, cell phone, or PDA – so what do you do to protect your data?
Powersploiting with HD Moore
HD Moore, lead developer of the Metasploit Project, delivered his one-day advanced “powersploiting” course to an enthusiastic audience at the Toronto Sector security conference.
Copyright Politics … Reduced to a Comic Book
If you’re tuning in late to the Canadian copyright reform debate, the Appropriation Art Coalition has created a free comic book (2.8 MB) that it says will get you up to speed on the issue
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