Federal pay system breach shows bad security plan: analyst

April 26, 2011/Terry Cutler/Comments Off on Federal pay system breach shows bad security plan: analyst
IT World canada

Federal pay system breach shows bad security planThe cyber attack on the federal government’s employee payment system illustrates the lack of an overarching strategy for the public sector’s IT infrastructure, as well as the need for a lot more than just $90M toward cyber security by the Conservative government, said one analyst

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Terry Cutler

I’m Terry Cutler, the creator of Internet Safety University, an educational system helping to defend corporations and individuals against growing cyber threats. I’m a federal government-cleared cybersecurity expert (a Certified Ethical Hacker), and the founder of Cyology Labs, a first-line security defence firm headquartered in Montréal, Canada. In 2020, I wrote a bestselling book about the secrets of internet safety from the viewpoint of an ethical hacker. I’m a frequent contributor to National & Global media coverage about cyber-crime, spying, security failures, internet scams, and social network dangers families and individuals face daily.