Category: security

Tories Boycott Security Committee Over Refusal to Release Docs on Fired Scientists

OTTAWA—Erin O’Toole is refusing to name Conservative members to the national security and intelligence committee of parliamentarians. The Conservative leader pulled his party’s MPs from the committee last spring to protest the Liberal government’s refusal to hand over unredacted documents related to the firing of two scientists from Canada’s highest security laboratory. In a Dec….


China Makes Basic Business Data National Security Risks

News Analysis The world’s understanding of China increasingly resembles the old Soviet Union joke: the authorities pretend they are paying wages, workers pretend they are working. China blocking basic business data threatens to shut them off from the world even more. For years, as China printed unreliable economic data, changed it whimsically, or censored it…


Security Heightened at Major Store Chains After Series of ‘Flash Mob’ Robberies

Security is being boosted in retail outlets across the country this holiday shopping season, as stores and law enforcement face a pandemic of organized retail crime by smash and grab mobs. Major stores like Home Depot, CVS, Target, and Best Buy have been some of the worse afflicted by the “flash mob” raids, which have…


6 Tips to Secure Mobile Devices in Your Organization

Mobile technology can be an excellent tool for productivity and convenience, but it also poses security threats. So be aware and watchful. Smartphones are all around us, and people use them for work every day. Mobile technology can be an excellent tool for productivity and convenience, but it also poses security threats. CheckPoint’s Mobile Security…


CSIS Info Sharing With RCMP in Extremist Probe ‘Very Limited,’ Security Watchdog Says

OTTAWA—A new security watchdog report says long-standing, systemic problems hampered co-operation between Canada’s spy service and national police force on the investigation of an extremist threat. The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency points to chronic information-sharing challenges for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the RCMP. The review agency looked at how CSIS and…


Canada Has No Choice but to Bar Huawei From 5G Mobile Networks, Security Experts Say

OTTAWA—As the Liberal government prepares to unfurl its policy on next-generation mobile networks, global security experts say all signs point to the exclusion of Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies from the long-awaited blueprint. The development of 5G, or fifth-generation, networks will give people speedier online connections and provide vast data capacity to meet ravenous demand as…


NATO Will Concentrate on Countering the Chinese Threat for Next Decade: Stoltenberg

NATO will concentrate on countering the Chinese communist threat as part of next decade’s new strategic approach, according to its secretary-general, as reported by The Financial Times. This comes as the Chinese regime has become more assertive in its ambitions of global dominance, having allegedly gained the upper hand in key warfare technologies, such as…


China Could be Exploiting Internet Security Process to Steal Data, Cyber Experts Warn

To access data from unsuspecting users, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) could be exploiting a universal authentication process that is thought to be secure, but in reality may not be, cybersecurity experts warned. While encryption remains the preferred method to secure digital data and protect computers, in some cases, the very digital certificates used for…


De Blasio Misused Security Detail for ‘Political Purposes’ and Personal Tasks: Probe

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio misused his security detail for “political purposes” during his presidential campaign and for personal tasks, including ferrying his son to and from college and helping his daughter move, according to an investigation by the city Department of Investigation (DOI). In a 47-page report (pdf) released on Thursday, the…


Digital Marketers Should Be Aware of These 3 Email Security Threats

By Roman Daneghyan Global email users are estimated to reach around 4.6 billion in 2025, and digital marketers are reveling in that news. Email marketing continues to be one of the highest ROI [return on investment] communication channels in 2021, and that fact does not seem to change in the near future. In parallel to…