Here’s some cyber security advice for your clients: time to install multi-factor authentication (MFA). In the future, that advice may morph to: Please send us a scan of all your tech vulnerabilities, so we can see what cybercriminals see. As…
Brokers advising their clients on cyber security should inform them that re-using passwords – or using passwords in the first place – is not the best practice. “Passwords still have their use, but not as a way to uniquely verify…
What’s one easy piece of advice you can provide to your clients to help protect them from cyber-attacks? Change your passwords. Nearly one-third (30%) of people in Canada and the United States use the same passwords for all or most…
Brokers should be advising their clients that the re-use of passwords across multiple websites and accounts could be a disaster waiting to happen, a cybersecurity specialist told Canadian Underwriter Wednesday. Lisa Baergen, marketing director of Vancouver-based NuData Security, a Mastercard Company,…
Surveyed Canadians are becoming more vigilant about guarding against fraud, with the lion’s share of respondents taking measures to protect their personal information and three in 10 seeking help to ensure they are alerted should a fraud be under way.…
TORONTO – VerticalScope, a Toronto-based company that operates hundreds of websites and online forums, was the victim of a hacker earlier this year who stole millions of user records. “We believe that any potential breach is limited to user names,…