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Privacy & Compliance
Jul 27, 2016
Understanding Canada: Ontario’s New Medical Breach Notification Provision (and Other Canadian Data Privacy Facts)
Remember Canada’s profusion of data privacy laws? The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) is the law that covers all commercial organizations across Canada. Canadian federal government agencies,...
Michael Buckbee
1 min read
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Data Security
Jul 27, 2016
21 Free Tools Every SysAdmin Should Know
Knowing the right tool to the right job is something that can save you hours of extra work and tedium. We’ve compiled a list of of some of the best...
Rob Sobers
4 min read
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Data Security
Jul 21, 2016
Banks Secretly and Silently Struggling with Ransomware
“You’re almost certainly not going to hear about successful ransomware attacks on banks,” says Fraud Prevention Expert, Ross Hogan in an interview with Banking Exchange. “It is probably one of the...
Michael Buckbee
2 min read
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Data Security
Jul 20, 2016
How to Identify Ransomware: Use Our New Identification Tool
Sadly, ransomware infections are routine enough that IT departments have started to develop standardized procedures for rapidly quarantining infected machines, determining the extent of damage and then attempting recovery operations.. For...
Michael Buckbee
1 min read
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Data Security
Jul 19, 2016
How to Respond to a Cyber Security Incident
Every day another company is caught off guard by a data breach. While avoiding an attack is ideal, it’s not always possible. There’s no such thing as perfect security. Even...
Michael Buckbee
4 min read
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Privacy & Compliance
Jul 19, 2016
Is Browsing Facebook While in the Hospital a HIPAA Violation?
A recently filed federal class-action suit claims that several healthcare providers are violating HIPAA’s rules on protected health information (PHI). If the suit succeeds, privacy advocates say it has the potential...
Michael Buckbee
2 min read
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Data Security
Jul 15, 2016
Layered Security - IOSS 14
Layered security refers to the practice of combining various security defenses to protect the entire system against threats. The idea is that if one layer fails, there are other functioning...
Michael Buckbee
17 min read
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Active Directory
Jul 13, 2016
The Difference Between Active Directory and LDAP
A quick, plain-English explanation. Active Directory is a directory service made by Microsoft, and LDAP is how you speak to it.
Rob Sobers
3 min read
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Privacy & Compliance
Jul 07, 2016
EU GDPR: Data Rights and Security Obligations [INFOGRAPHIC]
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) isn’t light reading (though we’ve done our best with the Plain English Guide to the GDPR. However, it doesn’t mean that this law’s...
Michael Buckbee
1 min read
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Data Security
Jul 01, 2016
The Essential Guide to Identifying Your Organization’s Most Sensitive Content
What do hackers want? If you answered money — always a safe bet — then you’d be right. According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), financial gain still is...
Michael Buckbee
6 min read
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Privacy & Compliance
Jun 24, 2016
GDPR: Pseudonymization as an Alternative to Encryption
Have I mentioned lately that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a complicated law? Sure, there are some underlying principles, such as Privacy by Design (PbD) and other ideas,...
Michael Buckbee
3 min read
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Data Security
Jun 20, 2016
What is The Cyber Kill Chain and How to Use it Effectively
The cyber kill chain maps the stages of a cyberattack from the early reconnaissance stages to data exfiltration. The cyber kill chain helps us understand and combat ransomware, security breaches, and advanced persistent attacks (APTs).
Michael Buckbee
4 min read
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