Howard Solomon

Currently a freelance writer, I'm the former editor of ITWorldCanada.com and Computing Canada. An IT journalist since 1997, I've written for several of ITWC's sister publications including ITBusiness.ca and Computer Dealer News. Before that I was a staff reporter at the Calgary Herald and the Brampton (Ont.) Daily Times. I can be reached at hsolomon [@] soloreporter.com

Articles by Howard Solomon

Government departments ignored management practices, failed to oversee ArriveCan app: Auditor General

Disregard by bureaucrats of policies and controls combined with the lack of information to support ArriveCAN spending means questions remain unanswered

Cyber Security Today, Feb. 12, 2024 – US seizes a website selling the Warzone malware

This episode reports on huge data breaches in France and the US, , a new Mac backdoor and more

Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for week ending Friday, Feb. 9, 2024

This episode features discussion on a deepfake video conference call that tricked an employee into wiring US$25 million to crooks, why the U.S. Federal Trade Commission called the cybersecurity of a company "shoddy,"  and more 

Canada falling behind G7 peers in cybersecurity oversight, warns BlackBerry

Company official urges MPs to pass proposed cybersecurity law for critical infrastructure providers. Read why

Cyber Security Today, Feb. 9, 2024 – A record US$1 billion paid to ransomware gangs last year, and more

This episode reports on ransomware payments, a US$10 million bounty on a ransomware gang, and more

Meta may not bring some products to Canada unless proposed AI law changed, Parliament told

Officials from Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta offered polite criticism of AIDA. then Meta got tough

China group may have been hiding in IT networks for five years, says Five Eyes warning

The goal group, known as Volt Typhoon to some researchers, is to hide on critical infrastructure networks and be activated in a crisis, says the warning

Few infosec pros think higher ed prepared them for their jobs: Survey

Infosec pros don't have much respect for the cybersecurity or information security courses offered in colleges and universities, a new survey suggests. Half of the...

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