Chris Conrath

Articles by Chris Conrath

Hacking from the inside

Rene Hamel loves to tell the story of his favourite insider hacking job. In fact, his exuberance is unmistakable as he describes what can only be considered a bizarre story of internal deceit.

Security: the final frontier

There are good reasons to outsource security, yet for some, often purely nemotional reason, much of it is kept in house. Call it outsourcing's last nuntamed wilderness.

Proposed law sparks privacy concerns

The federal government is floating a trial balloon called the Lawful Access-Consultation Document, which, if passed into law, could dramatically change the very nature of the cyber-world.

IT needs a voice in the privacy debate

Roller coaster economies aside, the IT industry has had it pretty good for the past quarter-century. In fact, information

CWC

To help make sense of the past 12 months, we at ComputerWorld Canada ndecided to take a stab at choosing the top 10 stories for the year, npresented here in no particular order.

Database is

Can a truly comprehensive, national electronic health records system be ncreated? The answer is yes, according to experts, though the task at hand is enormous.

IT needs a voice in the privacy debate

For decades IT has sailed along, with critics few and far between. And nthose who did criticize the industry were often dismissed as nothing more nthan Luddites. But times are changing.

Proposed law sparks privacy concerns

The federal government is floating a trial balloon called the Lawful Access-Consultation Document, which, if passed into law, could dramatically change the very nature of the cyber-world.

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