Canada’s PIPEDA vs. EU’s GDPR: what are they, and why should companies heed then? Simply put, they are in place to protect consumers’ privacy. The laws are so similar that…

A security operation center (SOC) is a centralized information security management team charged with managing intensive security operations for another organization. They’re responsible for externally monitoring, analyzing, and mitigating threats…

Modern day IT ecosystems are complex. Vast swaths of data need to seamlessly move throughout the networks’ applications, databases, and servers in a fast and secure manner. That data—especially the…

It has been quoted by the Department of Defence (DoD) that cybercrime cost the economy $600 billion in 2016. Amongst the economic costs to the economy, there are also opportunity…

The escalating threat of hackers grows more serious each day. A TechRepublic survey of more than 400 IT security professionals found that 71% of them had seen an increase in…

There’s been a paradigm shift over the past decade and a half in the world of cybersecurity. Whereas older models and systems prioritized perimeter defense, the definition of “perimeter” itself…

Identity and access management (IAM) best practices seek to clearly define, and oversee the access privileges granted to network users, and ensure that access is only granted to those within…

One of the measures that organizations have undertaken in recent years to ensure the integrity of their information networks is to undergo a procedure called an external penetration testing.  …

Integrating cybersecurity best practices has become an essential aspect of the information and communication technology (ICT) supply chain. There is a growing cyber risk associated with dealing with vendors that…

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1st, 2020. Any merchant or company doing business in California – the world’s fifth-largest economy – should be CCPA…