The Life-Work Balance: A Right to Disconnect, A Requirement to Work
by Lee Rickwood
With the era of the 9-to-5 workday over, companies and workers need new parameters to structure their work efforts and interact productively.
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Connected Tech Gifts Come with Risks, Warnings, Tips about Privacy Protection for Kids
by Lee Rickwood
There is a close relationship between security and privacy; often times, your privacy depends on your device’s ability to keep your secrets safe from intruders. Which also means privacy depends on your ability to manage your own device.
Tellers Banking on Facial Recognition and AI: Algorithmic Identification
by Lee Rickwood
Banks in Canada and around the world are putting a new spin on the age-old service company mantra: KYC. Know your customer. Facial recognition and algorithmic identification technology makes it possible.
IT Confirms Rise In Employees Opening Malicious Links Poses Threats
By Yasmin Ranade
Since working more from home, remote employees have been cutting IT out of the loop, which according to HP’s report has led to an increase in compromised machines, with 66 per cent of Canadian IT teams agreeing that protecting against, detecting and recovering from firmware attacks has become more difficult.
Cybersecurity Tips for Small and Medium Businesses
By Yasmin Ranade
Preparing for a cyberattack can be a bit like trying to hit a moving target, however there are a number of simple things that SMBs can do to help mitigate against cyber threats,
It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month: What’s Your Backup Plan?
By Yasmin Ranade
As the lines have blurred between personal and business lives – and the technologies we use for both, we should keep vigilant and proactive for ourselves as well as for our employers and work partners.
Third Party Data Brokers Still Want Your Data
by Lee Rickwood
It really doesn’t matter what website you visit: its owners, operators, and publishers likely work with third-party data brokers.
National Virtual STEAM Camp Launched to Engage Canadian Teens in Tech
By Yasmin Ranade
IBM Canada, along with its ten partners, delivered its first national Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) virtual summer camp for students entering grades 7 – 12 this fall. Access was free and more than 3,000 teens participated from 9 provinces, which demonstrates a good appetite for STEM learning in Canada.