Government & Public Sector

Group wins federal contract to automate network device authentication

Optiv Canada, Venafi and Crypto4A Technologies are installing a solution to centrally manage PKI infr

Critical SAP Vulnerability Patched Months Ago Now On US Exploited Bug List

Coming after a detailed presentation about the hole at two cybersecurity conferences the listing raises the possibility it is currently being

Canadian non-profit gets funding to raise awareness of quantum computing threat

Grant given to Quantum-Safe Canada to help energy and finance sectors plan to implement quantum-resistant

Voting Rights Experts Criticize Twitter’s Plan To Fight Misinformation

Civil and voting rights experts have criticized Twitter's decision to fight the spread of misinformation in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections. Civil rights and online...

RCMP: Spyware only used with court approval

At a parliamentary committee hearing the force admits spyware has been used since b

U.S., Canada Urged To Toughen Fight Against Commercial spyware

US intelligence agency employees should be banned from joining foreign spyware firms, Citzen Lab researcher tell

‘Outages happen,’ Telecom Regulator Tells Parliamentary Committee Looking Into Rogers Crisis

The head of Canada’s telecommunications regulator said this month’s huge internet and wireless network failure at Rogers could result in more regulation of the industry, but also suggested there is nothing the regulator can do can prevent service interruptions. “Outages happen,” CRTC chair Ian Scott told the House of Commons Industry committee looking into the

Ontario Town Still Recovering From Ransomware Attack

A small Ontario town is in the fifth day of dealing with a ransomware attack that has encrypted data. St. Marys, Ont., a town of about 7,500 just over an hour and a half drive north-west of Toronto, says critical municipal services, including fire, police, transit, and water/wastewater systems were unaffected by the incident and

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