February 15, 2024 The theft of tax and employment records of 48,000 of Canadians four years ago was the fault of poor IT authentication security, says the country’s privacy commissioner. Attackers employed credential stuffing using previously stolen usernames more...
February 13, 2024 Canadian federal financial institutions suffered almost three times as many serious reportable IT incidents in 2023 as in the year before, a parliamentary committee debating proposed cybersecurity legislation for overseeing the country’s critical infrastructure providers more...
February 12, 2024 Three federal government agencies failed to follow good management practices in the contracting, development, and implementation of the $59.5 million ArriveCAN application, Canada’s auditor general said today. As a result, concluded Auditor General Karen Hogan, more...
February 12, 2024 Three federal government agencies failed to follow good management practices in the contracting, development, and implementation of the $59.5 million ArriveCAN application, Canada’s auditor general said today. As a result, concluded Auditor General Karen Hogan, more...
February 9, 2024 Opposing viewpoints on the Liberal government’s proposed cybersecurity law for critical infrastructure providers highlighted a Parliamentary committee hearing on Thursday. A BlackBerry official urged MPs on the House of Commons national security committee to pass more...
February 7, 2024 Senior Canadian Defence Department IT officials have been rebuked by an MP for not doing a privacy impact assessment on software that can extract personal data from military members’ government-issued computing devices. Parliament’s privacy and more...
February 6, 2024 The Canadian government’s proposed law forcing critical infrastructure providers to toughen their cybersecurity is “needed now more than ever,” an expert told a parliamentary committee on Monday. “We are far behind our allies” in protecting more...
February 5, 2024 A Canadian who is one of the world’s leading thinkers on artificial intelligence says Canada’s proposed AI law needs to be passed as soon as possible. “We urgently need agile AI legislation, and I think more...
February 4, 2024 The landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) lobbying underwent a dramatic transformation in 2023, witnessing an unprecedented surge in activity. Federal lobbying disclosures, as analyzed by OpenSecrets for CNBC, revealed that over 450 organizations engaged in more...
February 4, 2024 In a significant move to address the evolving digital landscape, Canada and the European Union have announced a major enhancement to their strategic digital partnership. This development, unveiled during the Canada–European Union Summit 2023, is more...
