Handbooks

Top Canadian Cyber Threats Expected in 2020

Ransomware, business email compromises and the malicious insider threat: These are the three top concerns of Canadian attorney Imran Ahmad as he looks ahead to the cybersecurity legal landscape in 2020. We caught up with Ahmad at our Toronto Cybersecurity Summit in September. Among the insights he shared: The rise of...

Leveraging New Technologies in Fraud Investigations

As breaches become more commonplace in India, law enforcement agencies are leveraging new technologies to assist in investigations. This edition of CyberEd APAC features an interview with Brijesh Singh, inspector general of police for cyber in Maharashtra, who outlines the challenges in investigating breaches and the...

Collaboration: Avoiding Operational Conflicts and Taking On New Roles

With new threats targeting the nation's critical infrastructure, partnerships among government and private-sector security professionals are more critical than ever, says Brian Harrell of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Harrell was a featured speaker at ISMG's recent Cybersecurity Summit in...

Special Healthcare Edition: Medical Device Security

Medical device security: Awareness of this significant challenge has grown dramatically over the past few years. But Michael McNeil, global security officer at device manufacturer Philips, argues that cybersecurity is still years behind where it should be, so stakeholders are playing catch-up. McNeil spoke recently...

Third-Party Risk

Where is the data? Who has access to it? How is it being secured? These are the fundamental questions inherent in any third-party risk management program. And in this edition of CyberEd Magazine, Cris Ewell, CISO of UW Medicine, shares insights from his experience managing vendor risk. Ewell's single biggest message:...

If You See Something, Say Something

It's been nearly seven years since HSBC was fined $1.9 billion by U.S. authorities for money laundering violations involving international drug cartels. But Everett Stern, the former employee who blew the whistle on the bank, continues to tell his story because he believes similar criminal activity is ongoing. And he...

The State of Patient Identity Management: 2019 Survey Results Report

LexisNexis • June 11, 2019

As part of healthcare's digital transformation, payers and providers alike have rolled out patient portals and telemedicine platforms to increase access to care, improve patient participation and decrease healthcare administrative costs. How secure are these portals? What types of authentication protocols are used to...

Women in Tech

From the days of Rosie the Riveter, women have been closing the ranks in the disparity in gender in the workplace. Why, then, do women in the tech sector lag woefully behind? Ann Sung Ruckstahl, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Unisys, recently discussed the challenges "We're still in the middle...

Security Agenda - GDPR Effects & Impacts

GDPR. NIST CSF. NY DFS. These acronym laws and standards can be maddening to navigate clearly for legal and compliance teams. Particularly when the threat landscape is ever evolving, and the threat actors - from outside and within - are unrelenting. This is why we have designed these sessions as an opportunity for...

Managing Medical Device Risks

This month we spotlight the critical cybersecurity challenges facing healthcare sector organization. Explore why a focus on compliance-driven security risk programs can put entities at a great disadvantage in dealing with these challenges - and what's needed to implement a more war-minded approach to battle the...

Securing IoT Payments

November 1 ushers in a whole new era of breach notification requirements for Canada. What are the new standards, and how prepared are Canadian organizations? In this edition of Security Agenda, attorney Imran Ahmad of Miller Thomson LLP shares insights. Among them: "In many ways, Canada had been playing catch-up to...

2013 Cyber Security Study

Bit9 • August 27, 2013

What are the most common types of cyber attacks, and where do organizations find themselves most vulnerable? According to the new 2013 Cyber Security Study: 47 percent of surveyed organizations know they have suffered a cyber attack in the past year; 70 percent say they are most vulnerable through their...

Security Agenda: Re-Assessing Risk - Evolving Threats Require a New Approach to Risk Management

Information Security Media Group • February 19, 2013

To mitigate the top threats for 2013, organizations need to understand the motivations of potential attackers so they can adequately defend their networks and systems. What are the top security threats, and how are organizations responding to them? "Reassessing Risk" is the cover story of this 2013 edition of...

Security Agenda 2012: The Year of Mobile Security

Information Security Media Group • March 29, 2012

The bring-your-own-device phenomenon has swept global businesses, and the challenge only intensifies with every new wave of smart phones, tablets and portable storage devices. It's no longer a question of whether organizations will allow employees to use their own mobile devices. That's already happening. The...