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Topics: Canadian IT, encryption, ransomware, malware, it security, cyber security
A key component of Canadian Privacy Law which was created in 2015 come into full effect on the first day of November this year. The provisions of the law deal with the consequences of failing to notify the Privacy Commissioner when specific conditions occur in the event of a privacy data breach.
Many Canadian companies are not going to be aware of the specifics of this legislation as a lot think that they either do not hold data that would be of concern or that they have taken adequate steps to protect their information. Of course in many instances this may be true but unfortunately as stories come out about the breaches that occur they show that many organizations can be hit even with due concern having been taken.
3 Questions to Ask Yourself about Data Breaches
- Does your company have a data breach response plan?
- Have you identified the criteria you will apply to determine whether the breach meets the test of real risk of significant harm?
- Do you have a decision tree to determine who will decide on notification?
What is important here is what you do in the event there has been a breach.The legislation anticipates that most organizations will take reasonable steps to protect their data from hackers and out right theft. It does not generally penalize the breach itself. What it penalizes is the lack of notification of those affected by the breach and lack of notification of the appropriate authorities so the public can be protected. Being unaware of the requirements is not going to be seen as a defense.
Unfortunately in the instance where there is a breach too often the tendency might be to try to ignore it or to hide it since it can be both embarrasing and potentially could lead to costs associated with notification of those affected.
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Topics: ransomware, malware, cyber security
Anyone watching the political situation in the US knows that cybercrime has become more than just an economic tool. The political use of cybercrime is potentially even more critical to the world than the economic impacts but understanding this should not have any of us forget how critical the dollar costs are.
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Topics: Canadian IT, encryption, ransomware, WIFI Security, malware, it security, cyber security
The Online Trust Alliance issued its tenth annual report on cyber incidents and breach readiness in late January 2018.
A key feature of the report is the amount of impact that ransom type attacks have had in 2017 both in direct malware and other elements like threatened denial of service events.
It summarizes that preparation and constant diligence are key in avoiding cyber threats.
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Topics: ransomware, malware, it security, cyber security
Again the world has had to deal with a range of attacks which involved ransomware but this time with a new twist.
According to an article published by CNET this latest attack included some action which was very poor as ransomware but which really held some serious threat as it ended in an attack which encrypted specific target computers.
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Topics: data security, ransomware
