I’m old enough to remember someone saying it would be a good idea to connect lots of personal computers together… Call it internetworking if you will. Today, accessible information sharing comes with the downside of some of it being spectacularly wrong. But misinformation is not as impactful a problem as the deliberate corruption of narratives…
When they insist it’s not a cyber attack, what is it? And why does it matter? Excluding global events, in the span of a few short months, we have witnessed: And now an entire train network brought to a halt with an eerily similar official explanation, no doubt dumbed-down so that we might have a…
Nowhere is the need for supply chain security more evident than in the aerospace industry, where seemingly negligible quality discrepancies in products and materials such as steel and aluminum can have catastrophic consequences. Falsified safety documentation and supply chain corruption have been plaguing the airline industry for the past decade, with potentially weak materials going…
Another summer, another Datarisk Canada research project. This term, my Ontario Tech University students conducted a Capstone study to determine the cybersecurity readiness of Canadian companies in various sectors and to no one’s surprise, the results aren’t great: While many will be relieved to not fall into these categories, the rest should be reminded about the extensive selection of information technology certifications and broad spectrum…
An exclusive Global News Interview with Claudiu Popa (News Talk 980 CKNW Vancouver Aug 29, 2023) Radio Host: Alright, let’s discuss now with my guest Claudiu Popa, cybersecurity expert. It’s always great to have him on. Claudiu, thank you for coming on today. Claudiu Popa: It’s always a pleasure. Thanks for having me on the…
For the third annual World Password Day Survey, Bitwarden polled over 2,000 internet users globally (United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France, and Japan) on their password security practices. Here are some of findings: Passwordless options are of interest to consumers, as evidenced by the Bitwarden survey and a recent survey from the FIDO Alliance….
According to the Federal Trade Commission, “Amazon’s history of misleading parents, keeping children’s recordings indefinitely, and flouting parents’ deletion requests violated COPPA and sacrificed privacy for profits”. So how did “the everything store” get away with a “disregard for #privacy and security that exposed consumers to #spying and harassment” by paying a relatively small $30 million fine while continuing to…
Ouch! According to the Federal Trade Commission, Microsoft violated consent and data retention requirements of the U.S. #COPPA #privacy legislation by requiring children under 13 to provide their first and last names, email addresses, dates of birth, and phone numbers. The #confidential data was shared *by default* with advertisers and third-party developers. The information and underage children’s unique persistent identifiers were…
What 3 easy steps can banks and other financial institutions take to reduce customer victimization (and shoulder less of the blame for perceived apathy)? 1. Offer a 24/7 #cyberfraud info hotline in collaboration with a regulator (CBA, OSFI, FSRA and the CAFC)2. Teach front line staff to ask *the right questions* when suspecting #fraud or #scams3. Be more aggressive about…
Big, positive news for public education and parents: “This order makes clear that ed tech providers cannot outsource compliance responsibilities to schools, or force students to choose between their #privacy and #education“. Kudos to the Federal Trade Commission for standing up for chidren’s right to privacy and offering much-needed guidance to the poorly regulated #edtech sector. Lots of useful takeaways here for…
