Government & Public Sector

This episode features a discussion about the newly-proposed Canadian cybersecurity incident reporting and data privacy l

The Liberal government has introduced its second attempt at overhauling the country’s privacy laws covering the business sector. Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne introduced Bill C-27 in the House of Commons this morning. Details of the legislation weren’t immediately available, so it isn’t clear how it will differ from the proposed legislation the government tabled in

Japanese organizations are struggling to find alternatives to the Internet Explorer browser after waiting until the last minutes to update their websites. Affected organizations include...

One expert says the propose law isn't innovative, while another says it's 'going in the right direction'

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Certain companies in four federally-regulated Canadian critical infrastructure providers — including banks, telcos, energy providers and transport companies — would have to toughen their cybersecurity and share cyber threat information with Ottawa under proposed legislation introduced today by the federal government. Specific companies would be designated after the legislation passes, although in a briefing with […]

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The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has acquired the government's first quantum computer thanks to a partnership with British company Orca Computing. The MoD will...

The NSA, CISA, and the FBI published a joint cybersecurity advisory stating that Chinese hackers have taken advantage of publicly known vulnerabilities to breach...

Tech companies have called on the Biden administration to protect young employment-based immigrants who risk losing their U.S. immigration status because of delays in...