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July 1, 2022 BOXX Insurance

The largest city in Canada and Ontario’s capital is an international business centre for finance, business, arts, and culture and now has a thriving start-up tech sector and ‘insurtech’ is a fast-growing component. Not many know that Toronto has been

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Canada’s 3 top business risks

January 19, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatino

Business interruption, cyber incidents, and climate change have been dubbed the Top 3 risks facing Canadian businesses this year, according to a new report.   Although these were Canada’s Top 3 risks, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS)’s Risk Barometer

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IBM’s famed Watson computer ‘gets a job’ fighting cybercrime threat

February 13, 2017 Kevin Bissett - THE CANADIAN PRESS

FREDERICTON – A year after IBM began teaching its Watson computer system to fight cybercrime, the company is making the platform available for use. “Now he gets a job and makes us some money,” quipped Caleb Barlow, vice-president of IBM

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Police investigating possible cyber threat against Ontario’s Hydro One: company

January 4, 2017 The Canadian Press

TORONTO – Ontario’s Hydro One says it is assisting Canadian law enforcement agencies in an ongoing investigation into a possible cyber threat against the electricity distributor. The company’s chief security officer, Rick Haier, says they were contacted by the RCMP

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Evolving technology expected to introduce new cyber threats, broadened attacks: Trend Micro

December 7, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The coming year is expected to witness evolving technology that introduces new cyber threats and attacks that broaden and differentiate to penetrate new vulnerable surfaces, suggests a report issued Wednesday by Trend Micro Incorporated. The expectation is 2017 “will include

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Socially Awkward

September 2, 2016 Angela Stelmakowich, Editor

Being social is all well and good… until it no longer is. Social media is a given today, whether for personal or business use. But along with these in-the-moment interactions comes a bit of risk (sometimes more), including for business