How to Pitch ISA Cybersecurity to Your Team, so You Pay Today – Not Tomorrow
“You can pay me today or tomorrow. But tomorrow includes a press release describing that we weren’t proactive in protecting our data and systems.” – Russ Verbofsky, CIO and CISO, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Organizations can adequately fund their security budgets today, or pay in clean up, fines, damages, and bad publicity […]
Socially Secure: Cybersecurity for Social Media
In 2019, a business will fall victim to a ransomware attack every 14 seconds. “It’s no longer enough to be on the lookout for something in your inbox that appears suspicious,” said FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director Matt Gorham. “As criminals have grown savvier and their efforts more targeted, individuals and organizations need to scrutinize […]
Call It Like It Is: The Ultimate Goal of Cybersecurity
“Change is challenging. And security is like a moving target, so make sure you are able to deal with and work through frequent changes.” – Unknown As we close out cybersecurity awareness month in October, let’s revisit what cybersecurity is, or rather, what cybersecurity should be. Cybersecurity seems to be a concept that individuals, media […]
Canadian Municipalities Transform in the Cloud
“The smart city paradigm is the holy grail for cities. Cities are marching toward greater adoption of technology and data-driven insights all over the world,” says Adcock. “We all want to be intelligent cities; we all want to be smart cities. We all want to use data to help us manage the city in an […]
Cybersecurity Assistance and Insurance for SMB
This is the second blog in a two-part blog series focusing on cybersecurity for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). In the first blog, we looked at the cyber risks that SMBs face. In this blog, we look at what cybersecurity assistance is available for SMBs. “Sit down and try and think of as many things […]
Cyber Threats are a Risk for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses, SMBs
This is the first of a two-part blog series focusing on cybersecurity for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Read the second blog here. “I knew what a tornado could do, but you never think it would hit your place.” – Dan Oswald, a small business owner. Many SMBs know what a cyber attack is and the […]
Cybersecurity 101: Educated Employees are Your Best Defence
Cybercrime costs Canada 0.17% of its GDP, which is equal to $3.12 billion a year.[i] Many cybersecurity threats, for example, advanced malware, require sophisticated technology to combat the attacks. However, daily, a company’s greatest vulnerability is its employees. Too often, when faced with a cyber attack, a shareholder worries about possible technology weaknesses. Instead, they need […]
IDC MarketScape Recognizes ISA as a 2019 Major Player in the Canadian Security Services
IDC MarketScape Recognizes ISA as a Major Player in Canadian Security Services.
Grow Your SMBs Online Presence Cyber Securely
Canadians are known for their entrepreneurial spirit, which has led to a thriving national economy. According to Statistics Canada, Canada has nearly 35,000 new entrepreneurs each year. A total of 99.7 percent of all Canadian enterprises are small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with less than 500 employees, and micro-enterprises (with 1 to 4 employees) represent 54.1 […]