With the festive season upon us, we're here with a friendly reminder: Don't let the cybersecurity Grinch ruin your Christmas fun! There's never a good time for a data breach, but some times are certainly more inconvenient and disheartening than others. The best thing...
Canada's technical authority on cybersecurity, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, has published its National Cyber Threat Assessment 2023-2024. Working in collaboration with the Government of Canada, Canadian businesses, international partners and critical...
Welcome to part four of our four-part series on security program development. Our purpose in developing the series is to give organizations a helpful overview of creating a cybersecurity posture. 'Cybersecurity posture' is basically just a fancy way of referring to...
We've now reached part three in our four-part series about security program development. The series aims to provide an overview of creating a cybersecurity posture for your organization's distinct needs. If you haven't read parts one and two yet, we highly recommend...
Welcome to part two in our series on security program development (i.e. creating a cybersecurity posture for your organization's distinct needs). As a general rule, security program development typically follows four key phases for most organizations, with each...
We've said it before, and we'll repeat it again; in some ways, cybersecurity is in permanent beta. The threats and challenges are constantly evolving, and no organization, institution or business is 100% secure forever. Cybersecurity is never really 'finished.' It's...
Here's a mind-blowing thought; according to the World Bank, in 2022, global internet traffic is expected to jump 50% over the levels seen in 2020. That's a whopping 4.8 zettabytes of data. To put that into perspective, if that amount of data were to be stored on DVDs,...
We have a cybersecurity problem in British Columbia, and ignoring it isn't going to make it go away. On the contrary, it's going to make it worse. Running a business is challenging at the best of times, but that's especially true during a global pandemic that has...
"...Only two types of companies exist: those that have been hacked and those that will be hacked..." What category does your organization fall into? That opening quote is an alarming line from a 2021 report from Howden, a leading international insurance group. Indeed,...
87% of consumers put their information at risk while using public Wi-Fi. Source: 2017 Norton Wi-Fi Risk Report, Norton by Symantec, 2018
85% of organizations are the target of social engineering attacks, like phishing. Source: The Cost of Cybercrime, Accenture Security, 2019
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Malware attacks cost organizations an average of $3.4 million each year. Source: The Cost of Cybercrime, Accenture Security, 2019
91% of Canadians aged 15+ use the Internet. Source: Canadian Internet Use Survey, Statistics Canada, 2019
73% of Canadians spend at least 3-4 hours online per day. Source: Canada’s Internet Factbook, Canadian Internet Registration Authority, 2019.