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What is data protection engineering?

You may have heard the phrase, “privacy engineering”, or “data protection engineering”. But what does it mean? Thankfully, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has recently released a document that provides clarification on the topic.

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Ransomware threat to Canadian businesses broadens

Recent hacker attacks — including the first successful attack on an Apple computer, and several attacks on U.S. and Canadian hospitals — have reminded Canadian businesses of the need to be vigilant about the danger posed by ransomware.

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Privacy Commissioner releases annual report regarding portable storage devices

On December 10, 2015, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released an annual report to Parliament highlighting a result of an audit of the government’s management of portable storage devices and reported data breaches.

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