Canadian group gets $2.2 million to research AI threat detection for wireless networks
Ericsson Canada and three universities have been awarded funds by the National Cybersecurity
Proposed Canadian AI law ‘fundamentally flawed,’ Parliament told
A privacy lawyer said the proposed AI bill is vague and sets a dangerous precedent
Compel social media apps to toughen their privacy, trust practices, Parliament told
Committee hearing told social media apps can be exploited for propaganda and radi
Canada, U.S. sign international guidelines for safe AI development
Eighteen countries, including Canada, the U.S. and the U.K., today agreed on recommended guidelines to developers in their nations for the secure design, development, deployment, and operation of artificial intelligent systems. It’s the latest in a series of voluntary guardrails that nations are urging their public and private sectors to follow for overseeing AI in
Canada’s privacy czar investigating data theft of federal employees from relocation companies
Canada’s privacy commissioner has opened an investigation into the theft of 24 years of data of federal employees from two government-contracted relocation firms. As we reported earlier this week, the Treasury Board said data as far back as 1999 on military, RCMP, and federal employees held by Brookfield Global Relocation Services (BGRS) and Sirva Canada,
Ottawa and provinces should harmonize privacy laws, says think tank
In a discussion paper on proposed privacy legislation now before Parliament the C.D. Howe Institute offers ways the law could be implemented, including the creation of a public-private council to review the effectiveness of pr
Data stolen on Canadian federal employees in third party hack may go back 24 years
Data involves military, RCMP and public servants moved to new posts held by two relocatio
SolarWinds allegedly misled public on its security before Sunburst cyberattack: SEC
Regulator alleges company painted a false picture of its cyber controls; SolarWinds CEO calls charges
Chen to leave BlackBerry at the end of the week
After a decade of trying to resuscitate BlackBerry Ltd., John Chen is leaving the company. In a statement issued this afternoon, the company announced the executive chair and CEO will retire effective Nov. 4. Richard (Dick) Lynch will succeed Chen as board chair and will also serve as interim chief executive while BlackBerry completes its
Biden issues Executive Order on AI for U.S. government departments and application developers
The goal, the White House said in a statement, is to “protect Americans from the potential risks of AI
