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02/01/2024

https://www.itbusiness.ca/news/canadian-government-investigating-another-hack-at-global-affairs/127170?utm_source=ITB&utm_medium=enews&utm_campaign=ITB&scid=a1500910-887d-11ee-ab2e-5f82305c65e4

The Canadian government is investigating what could be a major data breach at its foreign affairs department. CBC News says there is an investigation into what it calls a prolonged data security breach on the internal network of Global Affairs Canada. At least two internal hard drives, as well as em...

01/30/2024

01/26/2024

You can automate many of your IT practices to save both time and resources, utilizing a sound automation strategy for your business. This involves using artificial intelligence within your operating…

01/26/2024

https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/data-privacy-week-are-you-meeting-the-fundamentals/557344

Data Privacy Week is a period when organizations should reflect on whether they are at least doing the basics, says British Columbia's privacy czar. "The basic fundamentals" are what privacy pros need to be pondering this week, Michael McEvoy, B.C's information and privacy commissioner, said in an i...

01/23/2024

Are you running a small or medium-sized business in Kitchener-Waterloo and trying to keep up with the digital world? Keeping your IT up to date and working well can be a challenge, but it doesn’t have…

01/19/2024

https://www.carefreeit.ca/2023/10/10/which-cloud-service-model-is-right-for-your-business/

As technology evolves, more businesses are moving towards a cloud service model to house their web infrastructure and software. This eliminates the need for on-site infrastructure and gives businesses…

01/16/2024

https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/sonicwall-firewall-admins-urged-to-update-to-prevent-devices-from-being-compromised/556594

Network administrators with two models of SonicWall firewalls in their environments are being urged take action to prevent the devices from possibly being compromised. The warning comes from researchers at Bishop Fox, an Arizona-based cybersecurity company, which says over 178,000 series 6 and serie...

01/15/2024

Managed IT services have revolutionized business operations, providing comprehensive support services that help your business focus on its core activities. By outsourcing management services to a…

01/08/2024

https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/nist-issues-cybersecurity-guide-for-ai-developers/555880

No foolproof method exists so far for protecting artificial intelligence systems from misdirection, warns an American standards body, and AI developers and users should be wary of any who claim otherwise. The caution comes from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in a new....

01/04/2024

https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/cybersecurity-year-in-review-2023-a-zero-day-nightmare/555544

There's usually a word or phrase that sums up my annual Cybersecurity Year in Review. "Lack of resilience" was 2022's theme, highlighting the Canada-wide outage at Rogers Communications. "A crazy mess" was 2021's theme, because of the SolarWinds Orion and other supply chain hacks. This year, success...