Data breach reports set to “skyrocket” in 2017 thanks to passing of Digital Privacy Act
Reports of data breaches in Canada will “skyrocket” this year, Kevvie Fowler, KPMG’s national leader of cyber response…
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Today in company updates: Urbery, Lightspeed, RANK Software
This week, several Canadian startups have made announcements, launching new features, partnerships, and more. Here’s the…
BlackBerry partners with Waterloo-based ISARA for quantum cybersecurity
BlackBerry has made a series of telling partnership announcements over the past few weeks, and its most recent pairing is no…
Report: Only 37 percent of Canadian companies feel confident in cybersecurity abilities
A new study by the Toronto-based IT company Scalar Decisions has found that the number, sophistication, and severity of cyber-attacks…
Report: One in three cyberattacks on Canadian companies in 2016 resulted in a security breach
A recent global cybersecurity survey by Accenture has found that roughly one in three targeted cyberattacks have resulted in…
UNB opens cybersecurity research hub with IBM partnership, $4.5 million in funding
The University of New Brunswick has opened a hub dedicated to research, training, and industry collaboration in cybersecurity.…
Report: FinTech regulation, cybersecurity among top 10 legal risks for businesses in 2017
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG), a Toronto-based law firm focusing on business law, commercial litigation and arbitration,…
Equibit plays damage control with John McAfee as seed round looms
Yesterday, BetaKit and its sister site MobileSyrup jointly published a story about Equibit’s claims of John McAfee joining…
Equibit: John McAfee joining Toronto-based blockchain security startup (McAfee: definitely not)
UPDATE: BetaKit has spoken with McAfee, who says Equibit is misrepresenting his role. See the end of the article. BetaKit has…
Global Risk Institute calls emerging quantum computing technology major threat to cybersecurity systems
According to a report from Toronto-based Global Risk Institute, emerging quantum computing technology threaten to undermine…
Cybersecurity company eSentire raises $27 million
Cambridge-based eSentire, which provides mid-sized businesses with cybersecurity, has raised $27 million ($19.5 million USD).…
Uh-Oh: Nearly 60% of Canadian IT Teams Don’t Think They Can Stop Data Theft
In one of the more optimistic stories of the day, nearly three in every five Canadian IT professionals don’t feel that…