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Nova Scotians hit by MOVEit data breach

Lynn Greiner -
Nova Scotia’s minister of cyber security and digital solutions, Colton LeBlanc, announced in a press conference yesterday that it is investigating the theft of...

Canada to create cyber security certification for defence purchases

Howard Solomon -
Organizations that want to sell software and hardware to the Canadian defence department will soon have to meet requirements of a new cyber security...

Toronto ranks third smartest city in the world

Breanna Schnurr -
In a recent study done by Juniper Research ranking the top five smart cities in the world, Toronto, Ont. received the bronze medal. The market...

Coffee Briefing May 30 – Government of Canada supports Mississauga cleantech company; Thomson Reuters announces plugin with Microsoft Copilot; New cloud-based Wi-Fi platform launches;...

Ashee Pamma -
Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team! Missed...

Ericsson whistleblower hits jackpot with US$279M payout

Paul Barker -
Additional activity relating to the resolved bribery case with Swedish telecommunications firm Ericsson and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) occurred last week, with...

Microsoft details five ways to govern AI in new report

Ashee Pamma -
Yesterday, Microsoft released a new report, “Governing AI: A Blueprint for the Future”, detailing five guidelines that governments should consider when developing policies, laws,...

Bell, Rogers, Telus, SaskTel ask the CRTC to not extend MVNO policy to IoT/M2M markets

Ashee Pamma -
Canada’s largest telecommunications companies are asking the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to not forcibly extend the 2021 MVNO framework to the enterprise,...

OpenAI CEO testifies before U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, calls for regulation of AI

Howard Solomon -
Artificial intelligence experts, including the developer of ChatGPT and a privacy leader at IBM, called for the U.S. government to regulate the industry, including...

AI governance firm meets criteria to sell its services to the Government of Canada

Ashee Pamma -
Ottawa-based artificial intelligence (AI) governance firm NuEnergy has announced that it can now sell its AI governance solutions to government departments and crown corporations....

Government of Canada’s DX journey riddled with cyber-struggles, technical debt and staffing concerns: Report

Ashee Pamma -
A new report by market intelligence firm International Data Corporation (IDC) found that digital transformation (DX) within public sector agencies has been significantly impaired...

Proposed overhaul of Canada’s private sector privacy law ‘a step in the right direction’: Commissioner

Howard Solomon -
Canada’s privacy commissioner says the government’s proposals to modernize Canada’s federal private sector privacy law are “a step in the right direction,” but must...

Companies have 90 days to negotiate MVNO agreements, CRTC rules

Ashee Pamma -
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunication Commission (CRTC) has determined that Bell, Rogers, Sasktel and Telus (the incumbents) have 90 days, starting today, to negotiate...

Meta threatens to end news content in Canada if Bill C-18 is passed

Ashee Pamma -
Today, Meta’s president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, unveiled Meta’s position on the Online News Act, Bill C-18 in an opening statement he was...

Ransomware Task Force report two years later: Mixed signs of success

Howard Solomon -
Two years after the international Ransomware Task Force issued 48 recommendations for governments, the technology industry, and civil society to deter and disrupt the...

Meta executive pulls out of planned testimony at House of Commons Heritage Committee

Ashee Pamma -
This morning, Meta released a statement explaining why its president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, is no longer appearing at a Canadian Heritage committee...
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