Government & Public Sector

Proposed telecom cybersecurity law gives Canadian government too much secret power: Researcher

Last summer, the federal government proposed changes to the Telecommunications Act that it says will force Canadian telecom providers to toughen cybersecurity. However, a researcher at a university think tank says the legislation is full of government secrecy and accountability deficiencies. In a report issued this week, Christopher Parsons, a senior research associate at the

Hamilton employee mistakenly sends email blast with all names and addresses visible

The carbon-based units are again responsible for a huge breach of security controls at an organization. This time it was an employee of the City of Hamilton, who hit an email ‘send’ button too fast on a message to 450 residents who had registered to vote by mail in the upcoming municipal election. Unfortunately, the

Taiwanese Economic Minister Says Taiwan Must Be Safe for Semiconductor Production and Supply to Continue

Taiwanese Economic Affairs Minister Wang Mei-Hua has said that Taiwan, which produces the vast majority of the world's most advanced computer chips, must remain...

Ontario’s employee electronic monitoring law comes into effect today

Provincially-regulated firms and agencies must have a written policy explaining how staff are

Parliamentary committee urges Ottawa to pause use of facial recognition

Ethics committee says neither the private sector nor police should use the technology until the government has created a legal

Federal privacy commissioner silent on proposed new privacy act for businesses

Annual report of the federal privacy commissioner notes the office only got reports of five cyber attacks during a 12 mo

Cybersecurity webinar open for all Canadian federal public servants

Session on October 17 has the theme 'Cyber Safety: Your Behavio

Russia’s alternative to SWIFT is rapidly expanding

Russia's central bank has said that SPFS, Russia's alternative to SWIFT international messaging system, has expanded at a record pace this year, and it...

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