18 April 2019

• How to stop infosec pros from speaking geek to management
  At a cyber risk conference experts advise CISOs on how to talk to non-IT people and get the money they want
• Modernize apps and infrastructure, and the processes will follow
  There is no question that virtualized cloud-native environments are the wave of the future for the modern enterprise. As digital services become core revenue-generators and the world becomes increasingly reliant on the Internet of Things, businesses that cling to the static, hardware-centric infrastructure of the past are...
• Hashtag Trending – Galaxy Folds break; Notre Dame backup; Zuckerberg selling secrets
  Twitter is flooded with broken Galaxy Folds, an art historian might have the keys to the Notre Dame’s restoration, and documents show Mark Zuckerberg’s willingness to play with your data.
• Huawei Analyst Summit 2019: Huawei outlines vision for a future connected world
  SHENZHEN – Huawei Technologies Co. launched its annual Huawei Analyst Summit 2019 with a presentation by Ken Hu, who outlined Huawei’s vision for a fully-digital, information-driven world. In today’s digital age, consumers are immersed in a world of information. But while the volume of data has increased,...
• New dark web search tool uncovers unpleasant, but important, information for clients
  After a basic search query, a large financial institution recently discovered, within seconds, that internal documents had leaked and were floating around on the dark web.
• Federal government announces investments into innovation and growth within tech industry
  The Canadian federal government announced a $52.4 million investment into a growth and innovation network Tuesday to help businesses scale up; signaling its support for the growing tech industry in Canada. The investment, which was announced at a press conference in Toronto by the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of...
• Civil Liberties Assocaition follows through on threat to sue Toronto smart community
  Head of group calls Canadians "lab rats" if so-called smart community on the waterfront goes ahead
• Basic hygiene still central to cyber security, infosec pros told
  At the ICRMC conference two CSOs offer advice on doing the basics, speaking to boards and artificial intelligence
• Cyber Security Today: New ransomware, the dangers of unpatched software, Outlook hack and a big fine in Britain
  Today's podcast covers a new strain of ransomware that hit at least one city, two organizations victimized by poor patching and an Outlook hack
• Vancouver’s Rogers Arena to test Liberty Defense’s AI-powered weapons detection technology
  Training AI to detect weapons, whether metallic or otherwise, could be the next step to ensuring the safety of the public in crowded areas like sports arenas. Liberty Defense Technologies, Inc., a security firm from Vancouver, has announced its plans to begin testing just such a technology in a partnership with Vancouver...