Fireside Chat: An Uncertain Future, Secured
ISA Cybersecurity hosted the latest in a series of virtual fireside chats on September 23, 2020. The topic of this month’s discussion was how to maintain business continuity amid the uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and escalating cyber threats to organizations of all sizes and industries. This month’s discussion brought together Enza Alexander, EVP at ISA; Gerry Owens, IT risk/cybersecurity executive and long-time senior […]
Latest Cybersecurity News
ISA is committed to keeping the security community up to date with the latest cybersecurity news. Woman dies during ransomware attack on German hospital German authorities may lay negligent manslaughter charges against the hackers who locked up the systems of a Düsseldorf, Germany hospital with a suspected ransomware attack. In the early hours of September 10, […]
Kevin Speaks at The Ontario Bar Association
ISA’s President and CEO Kevin Dawson was featured in “Privacy Across Borders”, a webcast held by the Privacy and Access to Information Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) on Thursday, September 17, 2020. Kevin was invited to participate in a panel that anchored a day of discussion about privacy and data protection across […]
Download Whitepaper: Cybersecurity for Healthcare
Download Whitepaper Three years after the WannaCry cyberattack shut down hospitals and health care facilities in Europe (particularly in the U.K., where some 70,000 computers and other devices across 16 locations were compromised), the healthcare sector remains one of the prime targets for cyber criminals. Why is this, and what can be done? Many of […]
Latest Cybersecurity News
ISA is committed to keeping the security community up to date with the latest cybersecurity news. Update: Canada Revenue Agency breach more extensive than originally reported In a statement from the Office of the Chief Information Officer of the Government of Canada, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) now acknowledges that the user account breach […]
Download Whitepaper: Cybersecurity for Manufacturing
Download Whitepaper Cloud technology and the use of IoT devices are transforming the manufacturing sector. Always faced with the challenge of innovating to become more efficient and improve quality, manufacturers have seen the benefits of new technology and are rapidly embracing them. However, the pace of change is raising concerns about exposure to cybercrime. As […]
Download Whitepaper: Cybersecurity for Oil & Gas
Download Whitepaper Oil and gas companies might not be the first target you think of when considering cyber attacks. But a combination of internal and external factors has combined to make the threat to energy companies a real and significant danger. Costs, competitive forces, and fluctuations in resource prices constantly force the energy sector to […]
Latest Cybersecurity News
ISA is committed to keeping the security community up to date with the latest cybersecurity news. Record-tying “Patch Tuesday” announcement from Microsoft Microsoft’s monthly “Patch Tuesday” bulletin for September 2020 included patches to 129 vulnerabilities across 15 products, including Windows, Exchange, Dynamics, and SharePoint. The 129 fixes tie the all-time Patch Tuesday record set in […]
Happy International Programmers’ Day
International Programmers’ Day is on Saturday, September 12, 2020. Now, you may be saying “Wait a minute – I’m sure International Programmer’s Day was on September 13 last year – what’s going on?” It’s no mistake – International Programmers’ Day (IPD) isn’t tied to the date of the year; it’s set to be the 256th […]