News

• Salary Survey 2011: Results in depth
  December 20, 2011
  Click on the link to download a pdf of Canadian Security Salary Survey data
  
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• Electronic health records raise identity theft concerns
  October 16, 2011
  Lack of strict security procedures at the community level is one of the greatest threats to maintaining the privacy of patient information, health information expert Kerry Johnson said in a recent discussion on medical records security.
  
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• Book review: Social Engineering - the Art of Human Hacking
  September 06, 2011
  I recently attended the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Annual Conference in San Diego. Besides some terrific presentations and networking events, there was a bookstore. I’m a sucker for bookstores and I picked up enough books that I had to pay duty when I came back. One of those books was Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking, by Christopher Hadnagy. This is a worthwhile book for anyone in the security management and operations field, including investigations. And while it’s heavily IT-flavoured, it’s not just for the IT folks — in fact, it’s likely more valuable to non-IT personnel.
  
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• Q&A with Michel Juneau-Katsuya, CEO, The Northgate Group
  August 22, 2011
  Corporate espionage can be an exciting topic. International spies, top secret research and, of course, the notorious honey-pot trap — the downfall of many a young engineer in a foreign country. At its core, however, it’s about losing market share, contracts and competitiveness.
  
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• Michael Allen takes on new role at CIBC
  August 22, 2011
  After almost two years with Oxford Properties, Michael Allen has taken a security position with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
  
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• Operation Central Gateway opens the door to emergency management improvements
  July 18, 2011
  In February of this year, a van exploded on the side of Hwy. 401 just outside of Windsor, Ont.
  
  The explosion wasn’t all that large, but the van contained a Radiological Dispersal Device — a weapon designed to contaminate an area with radiation. Fortunately, this was just an exercise, and the device a training tool. There was radioactive material present, but very minimal — nothing that posed any kind of threat to the nearby population.
  
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