Here’s how Canada can prepare for Russia-backed cyberattacks

It’s easy to focus on technological vulnerabilities, but, all too often, human beings are the weakest link in an organization's cybersecurity defences.

While Russian hackers use new tactics to wreak havoc abroad, here in Canada, old vulnerabilities lie dormant in some of our most important networks, writes Byron Holland. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY BYRON HOLLAND

October 26, 2022

Russia’s war on Ukraine has critical infrastructure operators around the world on red alert. As tensions rise, IT professionals everywhere are bracing for Kremlin-backed cyberattacks. But while hackers use new tactics to wreak havoc abroad, here in Canada, old vulnerabilities lie dormant in some o...

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