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By Patrick Paradis, Information Security AdvisorSymantec has recently published its annual report on information security threats ("Internet Security Threat Report 2013").  The report states that small businesses are increasingly victimized by hackers in 31% of attacks even though these companies believe that they are unlikely to be of interest to such perpetrators. In fact, small businesses have information that attracts hackers (e.g. personal information on their clients, intellectual...

On May 27, during the grand innovation and technology event, the “Premières en affaires” magazine unveiled eight women known as technology landmarks. Lise Lapointe, president and founder of Terranova Training, is among the chosen women."This is a wonderful acknowledgement and I'm happy. I think it is important to recognize the efforts and achievements of our local personalities. It encourages us to persevere in the development of our organizations, "said Ms. Lapointe."When we see the success of...

By Patrick Paradis, Information Security AdvisorDid you know that phishing techniques are increasingly sophisticated and common? To educate your users from falling into these traps, tools and testing services can be effective in business awareness campaigns.It is important to remember that perpetrators use social engineering techniques, such as phishing, to obtain personal, confidential or sensitive information from users. These malicious hackers send fake emails or post bogus websites,...

By Patrick Paradis, Information security advisorIn its data breach investigations report, Verizon discloses the main breaches (based on 47,000 incidents studied, including 672 confirmed data breaches), findings and recommendations for companies.First, financial cybercrime appears as the greatest offense present in 75% of cases, followed by espionage at 20%. Cyber theft of intellectual property, confidential information (defense or trade secrets) or regarding national and economic services are...