10 December 2019

• 5 security questions your board will inevitably ask
  How secure are we? Why do we need more money for security, when we just approved spending last year? What do you mean we’ve had four incidents? I thought you had everything under control.
• Technicity in photos
• Full speed ahead a winning strategy for digital transformation
  A stitch in time saves nine. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Look before you leap. These conventional cautions apply to everything from buying a dog to choosing a mate, but a wiser adage – when it comes to digital transformation – is a saying attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte: Take time…
• Hashtag Trending – École Polytechnique; Uber safety report; Samsung Galaxy Fold available for purchase, for real
  On this Monday episode of Hashtag Trending, we remember the École Polytechnique tragedy, Uber’s safety report, and Samsung’s foldable phone available for sale in Canada.   https://twitter.com/search?q=%23MontrealMassacre&src=trend_click&pt=1203035106912419843%2C1203025664837931008 Trending on Twitter,...
• Cyber Security Today: Learn lessons from this $1 million email scam
  An Israeli startup was set to receive $1 million in early funding. Read why it didn't arrive
• The ever-evolving security landscape in Canada
  By Paul, Katigbak Senior vice-president, commercial sales, Dell EMC Canada Today, most organizations – from small businesses to large global enterprises – find themselves in the midst of a digital transformation journey. While at varying stages, these transformations are changing the way we conduct business, and store and...
• Challenge-based RFPs and open data keys to solving Toronto’s biggest problems, municipal leaders say
  When audience members at this week’s Technicity event were asked if they were engaged with the City of Toronto on a procurement basis, out of the roughly 300 people in attendance, very few hands went up. Seeing more hands raised is one of the city’s priorities as it continues to try and connect its divisions…
• Researchers say VPN bug affects Linux, Unix systems
  Apple, Google and Linux distribution makers are investigating a serious threat to their operating systems
• Cyber Security Today – An email gift card scam, please stop re-using passwords and more open data found on Amazon storage
  Today's podcast talks about signs your email has been hacked, an indication of how many people re-use passwords and another open bucket found on AWS
• Hashtag Trending – BMO slashes jobs, Evil Corp., TikTok suppresses content
  The Bank of Montreal slashes thousands of jobs, the US and UK take down a Russian cyberhacking ring called Evil Corp., and TikTok admits to suppressing the reach of content created by certain users.