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When, not if... The number of businesses through the nation is rather large. Many of these know they are regularly targeted. Too many of the remainder businesses are hoping that security by obscurity works. It does not. Small- and medium-businesses (SMB) are actively targeted by the attackers due to this lack of sufficient focus on Infosec. One symptom of this is a lack of a security policy, or one in place on the shelf with a large amount of dust due to a lack of any review

51% of SMBs attacked by ransomware according to survey By Carolyn Schrader It seems that no business is too small to be a target of ransomware. Ponemon Institute, a research company that focuses on information management topics, recently conducted a survey of small and mid-size businesses regarding ransomware attacks. The survey, sponsored by Carbonite, a cloud back-up company, found that 51% of the responding SMBs were attacked. Of the survey respondents, 30% of them had 200

Phishing: An International Issue  By Charles Parker The commonality of phishing is its efficiency in successful attacks from an ROI perspective. As this has worked so well in the US and other areas, the international application of this method of attack will continue to grow. This has also been an increasing issue for Canada.   Recently, to assist in decreasing the opportunities for successful attacks, a set of training ideas had been advanced. These included what is and is n