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Canadian executives investing in tech skills training, but still struggle to keep up with technology change: PwC Canada

March 29, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Polled Canadian organizations are struggling to keep up with constant technology change despite executives viewing digital strategy, cyber security and data analytics as quite or highly important skills to their businesses, notes a new report issued Wednesday by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

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Need for organizations to fill culture gap when it comes to cyber risk: ICRMC speaker

March 3, 2017 by Angela Stelmakowich

Organizations and their boards must treat cyber risk as an enterprise-wide issue to help foster a culture in which every person and every department understands it has a role to play in making the organization as cyber-secure as possible, corporate

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Cyber attack remains top business continuity concern, preparedness for all threats urged: Horizon Scan Report

February 21, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Cyber attack, data breach and unplanned IT and telecom outages are the greatest concerns among business continuity professionals, concludes the sixth annual Horizon Scan Report, released Tuesday. The top three concerns remain unchanged from the last report carried out by

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Most Canadian IT professionals report some security solutions “outdated and inadequate”: study

February 14, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Most IT professionals in Canada (73%) feel strongly that some of their security solutions are outdated and inadequate, according to the Canadian results of a global study released last week. The Need for a New IT Security Architecture: Global Study

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Cybersecurity, privacy, infrastructure management and emerging technologies rank as top tech challenges: survey

February 4, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Cybersecurity and privacy issues, along with infrastructure management and emerging technologies, rank as the top technology challenges organizations face today, according to a survey report from global consulting firm Protiviti and ISACA, a global business technology professional association for IT

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Worldwide IT spending forecast to grow 2.7% in 2017: Gartner

January 13, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Worldwide spending on information technology is projected to total US$3.5 trillion in 2017, a 2.7% increase from 2016, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner, a Stamford, Conn.-based IT research and advisory company, noted in a statement on Thursday that the growth

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Organizations starting to show greater openness to enlisting experts to help with cyber security: NICC speaker

October 1, 2016 Angela Stelmakowich, Editor

VANCOUVER – Cyber attackers are becoming increasingly sophisticated – employing better techniques and targeting information that could prove particularly damaging – but that may be balanced by a greater openness to use expertise and not go it alone, it was

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88% of U.S. state and local government IT professionals concerned about cyberattacks targeting critical city infrastructure: study

September 23, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

Almost nine in 10 state and local government IT professionals in the United States are concerned about cyberattacks targeting critical city infrastructure, according to a study conducted on behalf of Tripwire, Inc., a provider of security, compliance and IT operations

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Shared Services Canada launches consultations on plan to modernize federal IT services

September 20, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The Government of Canada announced on Tuesday that it is launching consultations on “modernizing the digital services it provides to Canadians through secure and reliable information technology.” Judy M. Foote, the Minister of Public Services and Procurement, announced in a

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85% of polled companies victims of phishing scams in 2015, a 13% increase from 2014: Wombat Security

September 7, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

More than 8 in 10 organizations were victims of phishing scams in 2015, a 13% increase over 2014, according to companies polled recently by Pittsburgh-based information security company Wombat Security Technologies. Wombat Security compiled data from the “millions of phishing

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U.S. companies unnecessarily granting access to more than just privileged users: study

August 23, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

Nearly six in 10 IT operations and security managers in the United States believe their organizations are unnecessarily granting access to individuals beyond their roles or responsibilities, according to a new survey released on Tuesday. The Ponemon Institute survey commissioned

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Cyberattacks costing U.S. businesses US$3.5 million annually, 79% of businesses lack strategies to manage these risks: Ponemon Institute

July 18, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

External cyberattacks are costing businesses in the United States about US$3.5 million in incurred annual costs, with 79% of polled businesses lacking comprehensive strategies to manage these risks, according to a new Ponemon Institute study sponsored by BrandProtect. Despite acute