To celebrate the publication of ISO/IEC 27400:2022 today, we have slashed the price for our IoT security policy templates to just $10 each through SecAware.com.IoT policy is the first of the basic security controls shown on the ‘risk-control spectrum’ …
Tag: Internet
Global IT News
Beanfield and GTA school boards collaborate to build a reliable network infrastructure for students
by Samira Balsara •
Beanfield Metroconnect is working with more than 450 schools in the Toronto District School Board, Toronto Catholic District School Board, and York Catholic District School Board to provide a fast and reliable network infrastructure for students and teachers. Remote learning, fuelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, is still a part of the education system as of […]
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Security Bloggers
Responsible disclosure – another new policy
by Gary •
We have just completed and released another topic-specific information security policy template, covering responsible disclosure (of vulnerabilities, mostly).The policy encourages people to report any vulnerabilities or other information security issue…
Security Bloggers
How many metrics?
by Gary •
While perusing yet another promotional, commercially-sponsored survey today, something caught my beady eye. According to the report, “On average, organizations track four to five metrics”. Four to five [cybersecurity] metrics?!! Really…
Europe, Global Security News, North America
World Password Day: Why we need a password-less future
by Tim Cawsey •
If you’ve read part one, you’ll know that there’s a persistent problem with passwords. Despite the continued warnings, data breaches and endless guidance – weak and easily hackable passwords still guard a sobering number of online accounts and identiti…
Global Security News
India to Require Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Within Six Hours
by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP •
On April 28, 2022, India issued new guidance relating to “information security practices, procedure, prevention, response and reporting of cyber incidents for Safe & Trusted Internet.” Continue Reading
Global IT News
Canada, U.S. in group of 61 nations vowing to work for an open internet
by Howard Solomon •
Signatories promise to resist efforts to splinter the global Internet
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North America
5 Data Security Challenges and How to Solve Them
by Katie Schwarzwalder •
Nearly two-thirds of the global population will have internet access by next year, according to Cisco’s Annual Internet Report (2018-2023) White Paper. There will be 5.3 billion total internet users (66% of the global population) by 2023, up from 3.9 billion (51% of the global population) in 2018. With this growth in internet usage, […]
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Global IT News
Quebec government embarrassed by web faux pas
by Renaud Larue-Langlois •
The Government of Quebec has recently had to deal with some embarrassing incidents involving its presence on the web. On April 14, the ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (Ministry of Health and Social Services) daily Twitter message about the status of COVID-19 included a link to a video from the Pornhub site, […]
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Domotics – a can-o-worms
by Gary •
This morning, I’ve been browsing and thinking about ISO/IEC 27403, a draft ISO27k standard on the infosec and privacy aspects of “domotics” i.e. IoT things at home.Compared to a [reasonably well controlled] corporate situation, there are numerous ‘cha…
Global IT News
Bell now offers 3 Gbps home internet
by Tom Li •
Bell has become the first Canadian internet service provider to offer 3 Gbps home internet. The new plan, announced on April 6, offers 3 Gbps download and 3 Gbps upload speeds, twice as fast as Bell’s previous flagship 1.5Gbps plan. At peak performance, users can download a 10GB file in under 30 seconds. This plan […]
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Security Vendor News
There Goes the Neighborhood: The DDoS Disadvantages of Carrier Grade NAT Copy
by Danielle •
In the early days of the Internet, computer scientists created the standard for Internet Protocol addresses, known as IPv4. They predicted that it would accommodate all the future Internet addresses that would ever be needed around the world. Unfortuna…
Global IT News
Splinternet: will Russia pull itself off the internet?
by Jim Love •
Ukraine’s representative on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently asked that Russia’s top-level domains (TLD) including .ru and .su be revoked along with their Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificates. They also asked the regional internet registry for Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia (RIPE) to withdraw Russia’s right to use […]
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Global Security News
President Biden Calls for Stronger Privacy Protections for Children in State of the Union
by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP •
On March 1, 2022, President Biden, in his first State of the Union address, called on Congress to strengthen privacy protections for children, including by banning online platforms from excessive data collection and targeted advertising for children and young people. Continue Reading
Global IT News
TekSavvy calls for investigation of CRTC chair Ian Scott
by Tom Li •
Independent Canadian internet service provider (ISP) TekSavvy is calling for an investigation into Ian Scott, chairperson of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), for breaking protocols when meeting with telecom executives. In its filing to the Federal Integrity Commissioner, TekSavvy alleged that Scott contravened the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act by holding meetings with […]
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Global Security News
European Commission Publishes Draft Data Act
by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP •
On February 23, 2022, the European Commission adopted a Proposal for a Regulation on harmonized rules on fair access to and use of data, also known as the Data Act. This blog entry provides key highlights on the Data Act. Continue Reading
Security Bloggers
Safer Internet Day 2022 – How Can The Online World Be Safer Place?
by Rohit Chavda •
The 8th of February marked the 19th Safer Internet Day which saw over 200 countries take a collaborative stance to make the Internet a safer and better place for all, particularly for younger people. Over the past 18 months, online activity sky-rocketed due to the disruptions caused by the pandemic. With many faced with lockdowns, […]
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Europe, Global Security News, North America
Cybersecurity Considerations for Web3
by Jin Yang •
We’ve begun a major shift in how the internet is structured. Our current Web2, defined by a read/write architecture that, until recently was dominated by a handful of massive technology companies, is giving way to the next iteration of the internet: W…
Europe, Global Security News, North America
Graphics Card Web Tracking, Fake Job Ad Scams, Hacker Takes Down North Korea’s Internet
by Tom Eston •
Researchers have discovered a new web tracking technique using your graphics card, scammers are exploiting security weaknesses on job recruitment websites to post fraudulent job postings, and how a hacker single-handedly took down North Korea’s Interne…
Global IT News
Beanfield Metroconnect acquires FibreStream
by Tom Li •
Internet service provider (ISP) Beanfield Metroconnect announced its acquisition of FibreStream on Jan. 25 FiberStream chiefly operates in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver. Its service offerings closely align with Beanfield Metroconnect’s residential business; both deploy fibre internet and home phone services to condominiums and residential buildings. In certain areas, FibreStream offers up to 5Gbps speeds suited […]
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Global IT News
Starlink internet is experiencing worldwide service interruptions
by Tom Li •
Starlink satellite internet is seeing an outage spike this morning. According to Downdetector, Starlink users have submitted more than 1,300 error reports starting at 9 a.m. EST. Many users are reporting seeing an error message that informs them that their area is experiencing intermittent service. The outage appears to affect customers worldwide. Confirmed affected regions […]
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Europe, Global Security News, North America
Web3 and the Decentralized Internet
by Tom Eston •
In our last monthly show of the year we discuss Web3. What is it and what will it mean to have a decentralized Internet. If you’ve wanted to know what Web3, DeFI, NFTs, and cryptocurrency means for cybersecurity and privacy this is one episode you don’…
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Weaving strategies with policies
by Gary •
I mentioned recently here on the blog that there can be strategic elements to policies, just as there are operational aspects to the supporting procedures and guidelines. With the new year fast approaching, I’d like to explore that further today.Warnin…
Europe, Global Security News, North America
Malicious Life Podcast: In Defense of the NSA
by Malicious Life Podcast •
The National Security Agency is one of the world’s most formidable and powerful intelligence agencies. Some people fear that the NSA’s advanced capabilities could one day be directed inwards instead of outwards.
The post Malicious Life Podcast: …
Exploits, Global Security News
Active Directory Penetration Testing Checklist
by Priya James •
This article covers Active directory penetration testing that can help for penetration testers and security experts who want to secure their network. “Active Directory” Called as “AD” is a directory service that Microsoft develo…
Exploits, Global Security News
Top 7 Best Endpoint Detection & Response Products With Sandboxing Solutions – 2021
by BALAJI N •
Endpoint detection and response (EDR) is a form of security solution that offers real-time visibility into anomalous endpoint behavior by continuously recording, storing and monitoring endpoint information. EDR software solutions automatically in…
Security Bloggers
An important lesson from the Farcebook Fiasco 2021
by Gary •
I gather from friends and the news media that there was an unplanned outage earlier this week at Facebook. I’m told that Facebook is a fairly popular social media platform – some have said addictive. As you can no doubt tell, I don’t see the attraction…
Exploits, Global Security News
Modern CyberSOC – A Brief Implementation Of Building a Collaborative Cyber Security Infrastructure
by Bhuvanesh Prabhakaran •
In earlier years, everyone depends on SOC (includes firewalls, WAF, SIEM,etc.) and the prioritize in building the SOC provides security and the CIA was maintained. However, later the emerge of the attacks and the threat actors becomes more challenge an…
Exploits, Global Security News
Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and Its Detailed Working Function – SOC/SIEM
by BALAJI N •
An intrusion detection system (IDS) is a type of security software designed to automatically alert administrators when someone or something is trying to compromise information system through malicious activities such as DDOS Attacks or security policy …
Europe, Global Security News, North America
Malicious Life Podcast: Understanding China’s Cyber Culture
by Malicious Life Podcast •
Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Bill Hagestad examines how China’s culture and troubled history of western colonialism influenced its government views and actions regarding the global internet and its interactions with western technology companies such as Goo…
Security Bloggers
Infosec policy development
by Gary •
We’re currently preparing some new information risk and security policies for SecAware.com. It’s hard to find gaps in the suite of ~80 policy templates already on sale (!) but we’re working on these four additions:Capacity and performance ma…