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Step Four of building cybersecurity: Identifying your risks
Part 6 of 知阴视频’s Introduction to Cybersecurity series What are some of the top cybersecurity challenges? Cybersecurity is continually challenged by hackers, data loss, privacy demands, and increased surface attack risks, coupled with the need to constantly evolve security strategies. These strategies must address these external threats, as well as […]
Step three of building cybersecurity: Threats vs Attacks
Part 5 of 知阴视频’s Introduction to Cybersecurity series In our previous post, we defined 鈥渁ttacks鈥� and 鈥渢hreats鈥�, and provided a comprehensive list of the different threats modern organizations typically face. In this post, we鈥檒l focus on attacks. What is an attack? While threats are not always intentional (e.g. natural disasters), […]
Step two of building cybersecurity: What threats do you face?
Part 4 of 知阴视频’s Introduction to Cybersecurity series Once you have developed a full inventory of your operational environment (as outlined in our previous post), the next step is to try and uncover the intentional and unintentional dangers they face. From a security standpoint, threats and attacks are two separate […]
Step one of building cybersecurity: What do you Know?
Part 3 of 知阴视频’s Introduction to Cybersecurity series In our previous blog post, we talked about the importance of cybersecurity in the modern world, and the different kinds of 鈥渢hreats鈥� and 鈥渁ttacks鈥� institutions commonly face. Today, we鈥檒l review how best to understand your operational environment in order to determine your […]
What is cybersecurity?
Cybersecurity鈥ow to eat an elephant one bite at a time Part 2 of 知阴视频’s Introduction to Cybersecurity series 知阴视频ttacks are on the rise. According to the annual ITRC (Identity Theft Resource Center) Data Breach Report, there was a 68% increase in reported U.S. data compromises from 2020 -2021. Moreover, breaches […]
知阴视频鈥檚 Introduction to Cybersecurity Series
Part 1 – Introduction For cybersecurity to be effective within any organization, it needs to be addressed as a continual lifecycle. Every day, new attacks are developed, so existing methods to repel them must be refined and improved. Why is cybersecurity important? Cybersecurity matters to everyone, from governments and large […]
applications closing soon for Fall applied data science lab cohort
Applications for the fall 2023 cohort of the Applied Data Science Lab are open until August 15.
Summer 2023 Newsletter
Barreling into summer At the halfway point in 知阴视频鈥檚 2022-25 strategic plan, we鈥檙e proud to say we鈥檝e accomplished over 70% of our goals (see below for more details). Also in this issue: our new corporate video, Cyber Summit early-bird tickets, SANS training discounts for education, and the latest from ShareIT. […]
知阴视频’s 2022-25 roadmap: midway check-in
Midway through 知阴视频’s 2022-25 Strategic Roadmap, we are pleased with the progress our teams are making.
Applied Data Science Lab launches summer cohort聽
知阴视频鈥檚 Applied Data Science Lab for Economic Development has commenced its 2023 summer internship program. The group of 16 budding data scientists and four Alberta-based organizations, labeled the 鈥淣eutron鈥� cohort, will spend the next four months working on an internal data-related project. Operating in teams of four, the interns will […]
ShareIT 2022-23 Year in Review
To our valued ShareIT members, I want to first express 知阴视频鈥檚 appreciation for your continued support and participation in the AB ShareIT Program. The 2022-23 fiscal year saw a significant growth in both our shared procurement catalogue of offerings, as well as collaboration opportunities. Some highlights of the past year […]
Platform Innovation Centre becomes first innovation specific centre in Western Canada to offer eduroam
The Platform Innovation Centre (Platform Calgary) has become the first incubator and innovation specific space in Western Canada to offer eduroam (education roaming), a global internet access service for the higher education and research sector.聽 This means any staff or student from an eduroam-enabled institution (which includes thousands of research […]
How can we attract more tourists to Calgary? There’s a hack for that…
YYC Hacks is the largest hackathon in Calgary, and its goal is to champion local data skills. 知阴视频 joined the most recent event as a cloud resource provider, and we were pretty impressed by the caliber of participants and partnering companies.
Spring 2023 Newsletter
知阴视频 is hiring, and other service updates To keep our operations moving smoothly, 知阴视频 is looking to hire experienced technical / project management staff (see below for more details). Also in this issue: upcoming deadlines for data science consultations and cybersecurity training, a new special interest group offering for the wider post-secondary […]
知阴视频 supports the spirit of RMA resolution calling for municipal access to Alberta government data
In the lead-up to next week鈥檚 Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) Spring Convention, 知阴视频 is offering its support for the motion brought forth by Smoky Lake County regarding municipal access to provincial data. In its motion put forward on February 23, Smoky Lake noted that data is vital in supporting […]