Phishing is one of the seven common types of cyber attacks. The others are malware, man-in-the-middle attacks (MitM), denial-of-service attacks (DDoS), SQL injection, zero-day exploit and DNS Tunneling. The objective…
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Managing the Risks of Cybersecurity Breaches
For last month’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Government of Canada, in partnership with security organizations, launched a campaign to create awareness and inform the public on the importance of…
Big Data, Privacy and the GDPR
When I attended the Institute for the Future of Law Practice boot camp in May 2018 in Chicago, Professor Matthew Kugler from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law gave a lecture on cybersecurity, explaining…
Hacking the Sacrosanct Lawyer-Client Privilege
We have swiftly transitioned into a digital age and it seems as if information could be the new weapon of mass destruction. Cybercriminals have long realised just how valuable information…
Can Legislation Restrain the Looming ‘Beast’ of Artificial Intelligence?
Amidst the unprecedented number of cyber-attacks in recent years, we have quickly transitioned into an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Era in which Intel predicts more than 200 billion Internet enabled devices…
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Privacy by Default: A Privacy and Cyber-security imperative in the IoT and Big-Data Age
The rapid growth of big data technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) devices mandates the modernization of the Canadian privacy legislation, which establishes protection from both private companies and government…