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SGS Canada Inc., Canadian Food and Wine Institute partner to enhance food and beverage safety, risk reduction
January 16, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterSGS Canada Inc. and the Canadian Food & Wine Institute (CFWI) at Niagara College have partnered on a new offering that will target risk reduction and provide students the tools needed to demonstrate true risk-based diligence. The Food Safety Program…
Organizations must focus more on people, not just technology, to combat privacy breaches: lawyer
October 26, 2016 by Angela StelmakowichThe people component of privacy breaches is critically important, demanding greater focus going forward in light of an environment where both related individual and class actions are on the rise, Patrick Hawkins, a partner with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP suggested…
Fifth of surveyed U.S. businesses have not done any recent security testing for vulnerabilities
September 15, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterAbout a fifth of surveyed businesses south of the border admit not having done any security testing for at least six months despite the lion’s share of respondents also reporting their organizations have encountered at least one security issue, notes…
Growth in commercial unmanned aircraft systems, UAS, to bring both benefits, new risks: Allianz
September 13, 2016 by Angela StelmakowichThe use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is set to soar south of the border — expected to triple the number of manned aircraft by year’s end — producing new risks that will require insurers to adopt a new view,…
Need for cultural shift to improve cyber security awareness: Wombat Security
July 7, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterIt is disheartening to see how the end-user is being managed when it comes to combating cyber security threats, suggests Amy Baker, vice president of marketing for Wombat Security Technologies, Inc. “Insider threats are widely discussed and well-recognized, so it…
Cyber security awareness training critical for businesses, data breaches changing online behaviours
May 27, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterEmployees need to become advocates of cyber security to reduce associated risks and help better protect the businesses for which they work, suggests Joe Ferrara, president and CEO of Pittsburgh-based Wombat Security Technologies. “Security awareness training has become a business-critical…