The Ultimate Guide to Cybersecurity
A curated Canadian edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Cybersecurity.
What to know about Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is a critical and evolving field dedicated to protecting individuals, businesses, and governments from online threats. Amid transformative advancements such as AI, cloud adoption, quantum computing, and fluctuating geopolitical risks, organisations are navigating an increasingly complex cyber threat landscape.
Recent developments across the cybersecurity sphere highlight crucial topics including ransomware surges, deepfake scams, API security lapses, identity management complexities, and the growing importance of Zero Trust frameworks. These trends underscore the need for proactive strategies, comprehensive threat detection, agile responses, and a strengthening of human and technological defenses.
With expanding attack surfaces driven by remote work, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and digital transformation, there is a paramount focus on integrating AI-powered solutions, enhancing data protection, and addressing skills shortages. Initiatives promoting diversity, education, and collaborative partnerships continue to be essential in fortifying cyber resilience.
Exploring these themes through the latest stories and expert insights encourages readers to deepen their understanding of contemporary cybersecurity challenges and solutions, emphasizing actionable knowledge to help safeguard digital futures in an interconnected world.
Canadian Cybersecurity News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Canadians wary of cyberattacks, trust small firms less
Nearly two-thirds say digital mistrust has altered daily life, with many also willing to walk away from firms after data breaches.
Canada's Digital Sovereignty Depends on Keeping Encryption Strong
Parliament's Bill C-22 debate could shape whether Canadian digital services remain trusted by businesses, hospitals and users alike.
SickKids & Microsoft Canada expand Azure partnership
The deal will help SickKids tighten data access and analytics for personalised care, while giving clinicians earlier insights across its systems.
Canadian firms warned of AI risks to financial data
Business leaders say AI is shortening response windows, exposing staff errors and forcing boards to tighten cyber controls across Canada.
One in three Canadians targeted by scam, survey finds
Banks and phone firms face pressure to do more, as 34 per cent of Canadians say they were targeted by a scam in the past year.
Kyndryl VP: Canadian firms face barriers to modernising for AI
Kyndryl's Umair Dinarwala says Canadian firms have the ambition to modernise, but budgets, resistance to change and capacity hold them back.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Cybersecurity
Island named only Gartner Customers' Choice for browsers
Saviynt recognised in Gartner PAM report for third year
BeyondTrust named leader in Gartner PAM report again
Check Point launches firewall subscription for AI security
Contrast Security named leader in IDC DAST assessment
Featured News
Kyndryl VP: Canadian firms face barriers to modernising for AI
Kyndryl's Umair Dinarwala says Canadian firms have the ambition to modernise, but budgets, resistance to change and capacity hold them back.
Interview: Cloudera says AI agents reshape zero trust
Enterprises must update identity controls as software agents generate more requests and need tightly time-limited access to sensitive systems.
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.
Mimecast CEO: Agentic AI threat novel but not entirely new
Hidden AI risks are already widespread in workplaces, with Mimecast saying users are driving shadow tools and most exposure still starts with people.
The internet times are a'changing Fastly
Bot traffic is forcing Fastly to adapt its edge cloud tools as publishers and AI firms battle over caching, access and data protection.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Kyndryl Canada head on sovereign strategy in post-Mythos era
Brian Medeiros says frontier AI models like Mythos are driving clients to accelerate security-led modernisation.
Expert Columns
The crown jewels of cybersecurity: What can your business not afford to lose
It's time to embrace our robot overlords
Singapore's 2035 Quantum-Safe Target Starts With Identity
Canada's Digital Sovereignty Depends on Keeping Encryption Strong
AI moves fast: are you training your people to use it wisely?
Small but mighty - micro data centres are the foundation of security and disaster recovery
Seven Cyber Controls Businesses Can No Longer Afford to Overlook
Charting a secure course to a post-quantum world
SOCtoberfest Kickoff: The 7 Deadly Sins of Cybersecurity Meet CISA's Core Steps
Why AI-Written Phishing Is Outpacing the Native Filters Built to Stop It
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Cybersecurity News
Keeper links Tenable findings to instant remediation
Security teams can now fix cloud risks faster, as Keeper's new Tenable link rotates credentials and enforces Just-In-Time access in seconds.
Growing firms hit hardest by unauthorised data access
Companies with 500 to 999 staff were most likely to report unauthorised data access, with 40% saying they had been hit in the past year.
DigiCert adds Secure Releases to Software Trust Manager
The new feature lets organisations block signing or release when vulnerabilities or missing SBOMs breach policy, tightening software supply chain checks.
Google Cloud launches PQC notebook for security chiefs
Security teams face growing pressure to map vulnerable encryption now, as Google says a quantum-safe transition should begin well before 2029.
HITRUST adds AI security tools & third-party risk updates
Businesses facing surging AI and supplier reviews now have new HITRUST tools to cut questionnaire burden and tighten certification checks.
OpenAI launches new GPT-6.1 Terra for workplace tasks
Businesses using ChatGPT Work will pay less for a model that OpenAI says is faster, more accurate and better at office automation tasks.
Google warns of China-linked hack on BeyondTrust appliances
Affected organisations face credential theft and network intrusion risks after a zero-day in BeyondTrust Remote Support was abused before disclosure.
Mid-sized firms hit hardest by unauthorised data access
Mid-sized businesses are facing the sharpest exposure, with four in 10 reporting sensitive data access by unauthorised identities in the past year.
Splashtop launches Agentic Packr for Intune packaging
IT teams may be able to cut packaging delays as Splashtop's new tool automates and validates third-party updates before they reach Intune.
Qualys launches TruRisk Eliminate 2.0 with AI remediation
Security teams are under pressure to fix exposures faster as AI shortens attack windows, and Qualys says its update cuts outage risk.
ICTC & Cyberr partner to bridge cybersecurity talent
The deal gives new cybersecurity graduates access to mentoring and job leads across Canada and Europe as employers struggle to fill skills gaps.
Echo launches Frontier to patch AI-found zero-days
Organisations now face a shorter window to fix unknown flaws before public disclosure, as AI tools speed up zero-day discovery and exploitation.
CrowdStrike finds AI agents running autonomous cyberattacks
CrowdStrike found four threat actors using AI agents to automate cyberattacks, compromising healthcare, government and private-sector organisations.
Dell expands cyber resilience tools for AI & identity
The new tools aim to help organisations recover faster from AI and identity breaches, as cyber incidents increasingly threaten business continuity.
Akamai launches AI inference & agent sandbox tools
The new services are designed to help enterprises move AI systems into production while keeping latency, data access and agent security under control.
Oracle & OpenAI expand partnership with new business tools
The expanded tie-up gives businesses new AI tools for workflows, app building and security testing, while smaller firms get a free-to-start bundle.
Horizon3 links NodeZero findings with Cortex XSOAR
Security teams can now push attacker-validated weaknesses into existing response queues, helping them prioritise fixes and retest them after remediation.
Netgear launches cloud-managed security gateway for SMEs
Smaller branches can now add cloud-managed security from NETGEAR at USD $349.99, with the first year of Exium service included.
Leostream launches cloud remote access alternative to VPN
Organisations can now limit contractors and staff to approved machines only, avoiding wider network exposure and reducing reliance on VPNs.
Large DDoS botnets rebound as attacks surge, Qrator says
Attacks have surged again as the largest botnet climbed to 3.56 million devices in the third quarter, Qrator Labs said.
