@CriticalVC

Focused on #security #CyberSecurity #infosec #pentest for the Financial Industry #FinTech. Also hip on #AI #DataSecurity #IoT #canadiantech

 Toronto, ON
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Joined September 2014
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Well that was an underwhelming protest #pei #FreedomsJustAnotherWordForMeFirst
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Michael @deAdder exposing absurdity one cartoon at a time.
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The occupiers are having a press conference right now. They say they "threw out" CTV. Because they're "teaching the fake news industry what news is." Can't stress enough that these people only want to face questions from people supportive of their movement.
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Yikes! Is #GDPR exposing EU citizens to #cybersecurity threats from identity thieves? theregister.co.uk/2019/08/09…

Talk about unintended consequences: GDPR is an identity thief's dream ticket to Europeans' data

Revenge plan morphs into data leak discovery

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Top #cybersecurity trends of 2019. Not sold on biometrics-driven authentication but the others are on point. enterprisetalk.com/featured/… #infosec
GDPR mega-fines could be a #cybersecurity game changer as British Airways & Marriott face huge penalties channelweb.co.uk/crn-uk/news… #hackers
#Women battle to advance in National #Security world's 'old boys club' npr.org/2019/07/06/738988815… #hr

Women In National Security Push To Move Beyond 'The First' And 'The Only'

For years, women have fought for inclusion in the high-stakes world of national security. Now, they say, the effort to build a pipeline of qualified women leaders is paying off.

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5 ways #HR teams can reduce #cybersecurity threats personneltoday.com/hr/hr-rol…
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Hashing is an essential but nuanced component of password #security helpnetsecurity.com/2019/07/… #infosec

The art and science of password hashing - Help Net Security

Password hashing is a one-way cryptographic transformation on a password, turning it into another string, called the hashed password.

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Danger zone: 38% of iOS apps /43% of Android apps have high #security risks, yet @Google & @Apple leave #pentesting to random BYOD clients computerworld.com/article/34… #infosec

Message to IT: Trusting Apple and Google for mobile app security is career suicide

Ready for the mobile security news that IT doesn't want to hear about but needs to? When security firm Positive Technologies started pen testing various mobile apps, security holes were rampant.

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Handy primer on top-down #cybersecurity strategies foreignpolicyi.org/understan… #security #risk

Understanding the Top-down cybersecurity approach - Foreign Policy

Security leadership and strategy is focused on the level of support the security system gets from senior business management...

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#Cybersecurity staff burnout leaves organisations vulnerable to cyberattacks zdnet.com/article/cybersecur… #hr #security

Cybersecurity staff burnout risks leaving organisations vulnerable to cyberattacks - ZDNET

Survey of security professionals reveals that almost two thirds have considered leaving their jobs or the industry all together. So who will fill the gap?

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2019 Cloud Security Report reveals 64% of surveyed firms said #data loss and leakage is their top #cloud #security concern securitytoday.com/articles/2…

Cloud Security Research Reveals Challenges, Areas of Growth in Upcoming Years -- Security Today

While cloud services are becoming increasingly popular for business use, cyberattacks on cloud services are also growing. This has prompted a rise in cloud security software.

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#AI can aid smaller firms overwhelmed with #cybersecurity threats and #infosec skills gaps information-age.com/democrat…
Has the #cybersecurity gold rush begun for investors? finance.yahoo.com/news/inves… #infosec #VC #security #AI

Investors Go Phishing For Gold In Cybersecurity—Cyber Saturday

Investors Go Phishing For Gold In Cybersecurity—Cyber Saturday

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Data loss prevention struggling with rapid rise of the #cloud, says new "Cloud and Risk Adoption Report" by @McAfee darkreading.com/cloud/as-clo… #datasecurity #security #infosec
Handy round-up of the top ten penetration testing firms softwaretestinghelp.com/pene… #pentest #infosec #security

Top 10 Penetration Testing Companies and Service Providers (Rankings)

We have provided a list of the best Penetration Testing companies and Service Providers with detailed comparison so you can quickly decide the best for you.

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Inside threat actor rocks Desjardins Bank with #cybersecurity violation of 2.9 million users kitchenertoday.com/local-new… #security
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Is zero trust architecture the future of #cybersecurity? forbes.com/sites/insights-vm… #security
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Know your enemy: Top 10 list of #DDoS attacks from @nokiaindustries nokia.ly/2WvUmuH #security
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