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News

Privacy commissioner investigating possible Stingray use by RCMP The federal agency is looking into the Mounties’ refusal to disclose whether it uses a controversial mass-surveillance device to spy on Canadians >> Read full article
Drone collision with jet raises questions for aviation industry A collision between a British Airways passenger jet and a drone over London caused no damage but has focused attention on the growing number of unregulated drones in the sky >> Read full article
Microsoft lawsuit is the latest clash over digital privacy Microsoft opened a new front in the battle over digital privacy, suing the U.S. Justice Department over its use of court orders requiring the company to turn over customer files stored in its computer centres >> Read full article




Featured News

Corporate networks more of a target: Trustwave report The latest Trustwave Global Security Report details methods cyber crime organizations use to maximize profits from malicious attacks. The company says there has been a marked increase in cyber criminals using the types of behavior we would normally associate with legitimate businesses. Other highlights from the report are: 35 per cent of data breach investigations conducted by Trustwave occurred in North America, compromises affecting corporate and internal networks increased to 40 per cent in 2015, and 85 per cent of compromised e-commerce systems used the Magento open-source platform. >> Learn More…



NEWS

Woman hops fence at Toronto zoo tiger exhibit Toronto Zoo officials are investigating after a video surfaced that shows a woman jumping over the first of two fences that separate spectators from Sumatran tigers >> Read full article
British Columbia couple claims entrapment in terrorism arrest B.C. couple found guilty of terrorism allege they were manipulated by police into plotting to blow up the provincial legislature >> Read full article
Artificial intelligence platform with human input predicts cyber attacks AI2 “automated analyst” can detect 85 per cent of attacks, which is roughly three times better than previous benchmarks, while also reducing the number of false positives >> Read full article




Event Calendar

Canadian Technical Security Conference Location: Cornwall, ON Date: April 26-28, 2016 >> More Info
Security Canada Alberta Location: River Cree Resort & Casino, Edmonton, Alberta Date: May 11, 2016 >> More Info
Tracking Terrorism Symposium: Countering the Threat of Violent Extremism Location: Oshawa, Ont. Date: May 17, 2016 >> More Info
Port Secure Location: Toronto, Ont. Date: May 18, 2016 >> More Info
Security Canada Ottawa Location: Ottawa, Ont. Date: June 1, 2016 >> More Info
The World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM) Location: Mississauga, Ont. Date: June 7, 2016 >> More Info