Chris Conrath

As far as corporate nightmares go, the recent IT meltdown at the Royal Bank Financial Group has to rank amongst the worst to come true.

In a time when outsourcing is all the rage and IT security is slowly following this trend, panelists at yesterday

Though many organizations consider their IT security defences adequate, the disturbing truth is that most Canadian businesses are still quite vulnerable to attack. We talked to a variety of security experts to find out where the troubles lie, and how they can be remedied.

Infecting more than a million machines worldwide, the Sasser worm, by no means as damaging as last year

When Nadia Comaneci dismounted from the uneven bars at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, the world knew it had seen something special. And Pierre Ducros knew he had a problem.

Given that corporate security is only as good as its weakest link, Web applications

Almost $700 million is being spent in a move to shore up Canada's national security, Ottawa announced last month.

Worldwide IT spending will grow four per cent this year, driven by an improving global economy and the need for users to resolve infrastructure problems, market researcher IDC said recently. But the situation in Canada is less rosy.