Associated Press’ Twitter account was recently hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) who posted a falsified tweet saying the White House was bombed leaving President Barack Obama injured.

More than 70 per cent of IT security professionals wouldn’t want to bet $100 (of their own money) that their organizations will not suffer a data breach in next six months, according to Lieberman Software Survey.

OTTAWA, Ont. — Despite topping the list as the heaviest Internet users worldwide, Canadians are surprisingly lacking in digital literacy — and that's putting their personal information at risk, says Canada's privacy watchdog.

Toronto-based Route1 Inc., a security and identity management company, announced that it has received a second purchase order from a component of the United States Department of Defense.

SecureKey Technologies has been named a Privacy by Design (PbD) ambassador by the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian.

TORONTO — Research In Motion has struck an agreement to help manage security technology that will make it possible for many Canadians to make purchases with their smartphones through "mobile wallets."

According to results from the second annual 2012 Shred-it Information Security Tracker survey, 76 per cent of small businesses are at least somewhat aware of their legal requirements surrounding storing, keeping and disposing of confidential data, however, 42 per cent do not have an established protocol on how to adhere to these regulations and nearly one-third (31 per cent) have never trained their staff on information security procedures.