Security breaches are costing Canadian companies more than their American counterparts, according to a joint Rotman - Telus study on Canadian IT Security practices. The 2007 annual losses associated with breaches per respondent  was calculated at $423,469, compared to the the U.S....

On Wednesday July 29th 2009, we will be hosting a Privacy and Data Protection Seminar at the Toronto Board of Trade.  Our special guest speaker will be Anita Fineberg, LL.B. who is a very dynamic speaker, course leader and trainer and has spoken at privacy conferences and workshops...

As a privacy and security professional, I am often asked what other companies are doing with regards to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc. Most recently, a mid-level manager at one of my business clients had mentioned that he would like to block facebook and wanted...

With the current trend in unemployment increasing at a rapid rate and no clear signs that the end to this recession is near, the risk and motivation for stealing confidential company information is rising. As reported by CNN, a recent survey conducted by Symantec corporation (...

On February 25, 2009 we will be conducting a lunch and learn seminar on PA DSS and PCI DSS Compliance. The goal of this session is to provide an opportunity for payment application vendors and processors to gain insight into the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS)...

I will be conducting a webinar on April 17th, 2008. The topic will be facing PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) challenges and automating the compliance process. I will be joined by Matt Alderman, CTO of ControlPath, Inc. ControlPath develops a PCI compliance...

I stumbled on this resource and may be of value to some organizations. Of the firms that I have done work for, many are keen on ways to improve Security Awareness. They want to deliver content, but may not have the resources to deliver unique content. Take a look at the sample newsletter...