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Category Archives: General
Six Ways to Save Money for Information Security
How much money does your small business spend on information security per year? Not sure? Afraid to say? Relax, we’re not here to judge. The reality is, every business runs on a budget. Smaller businesses typically have less resources than larger corporations. Less resources mean less capital to devote towards IT security. For a company […]
As Seen on Twitter: Time to Wake up on SIM Swapping
Having your social media account hacked is bad. Having your social media account publicly SIM swapped when you’re the CEO is much, much worse.
Four ways phishing attacks are like vampires
Confession time: I was terrified of vampires as a child. Werewolves I loved. Ghosts? Frankenstein? Meh. Zombies a little freaky but so long as I wasn’t in a graveyard no worries. Vampires however.… vampires drink blood, sleep in coffins, walk the night and, at the time, struck fear in the hearts of six year […]
Five Reasons Why Your Team Needs Privacy Training
Debating if your business should invest in privacy and cybersecurity training? If your organization handles personal information it should be a no-brainer.
Five Information and Privacy Predictions for 2019
To say 2018 was something else is an understatement. So what’s next? Here are Information in Bloom’s top five predictions for 2019.
Privacy and Surveillance on Film: Seven Movies Worth Watching This Summer
Debating on your next summer flick? The drive-in scene might be dead, but there’s still something about fresh popcorn and late night movie. Fortunately for film buffs, stories that explore loss of privacy has become the subject of more that a few fictional blockbusters…. and increasingly, real life drama & documentary. So grab a snack, […]
Five Books for Parents to Teach Their Children Online Privacy
Worried about how much information your children are sharing in today’s connected world? There’s no question parenting has hit a steep learning curve over the past few years. Parents now face a problem their predecessors never did: protecting, educating and learning to trust children as they grow up within the digital age. There’s a huge […]
Why All Those Privacy Policy Updates Are Essential
…Even If You Don’t Read Privacy Policies. Burned-out by all the ‘updated privacy policies’ hitting your inbox as of late? If you’ve ever been online, ever signed up for the smallest service, network, web application or mailing list, odd are high you’ve received a more than a few alerts that an organization has made changes […]
Will Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica Fallout Really Change the Company?
By now, you’ve probably heard of Cambridge Analytica and the most recent scandal involving Facebook user data. As huge big data firm that works in behavioural targeting, with ties to both the pro-BritEx movement and Donald Trump’s election campaign, Cambridge Analytica has been exposed for misusing the data of 50+ million Facebook users. While this […]
