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The Canadian Bacon: Cisco Security and the Pyramid of Pain
Recently, I have been exploring the Pyramid of Pain, a concept that was first introduced in 2013 by cybersecurity expert David J Bianco. The “pain” in his concept refers to…
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The Canadian Bacon: Are your Work-From-Home Users Secure?
Companies everywhere have ramped up their remote access platforms to ensure that work can continue during the pandemic. Jason explores the added threat vector that comes with work from home
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Baseline Cybersecurity Controls for Small and Medium Organizations
The Government of Canada has created a cybersecurity baseline for small and medium businesses to help these organizations with their resiliency through investment in cybersecurity. This is fantastic as…
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Protecting your email: 7 tips to keep your business safe
October is cybersecurity awareness month and small business month—the perfect time to combine the two and talk about how companies can increase their email security. According to Cisco’s CISO Benchmark…
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The Canadian Bacon: Security Alert and it’s 5PM on Friday
It’s 5PM on Friday and you are about to pack it in and head out with friends and family for the weekend and it happens. The phone rings and it’s…
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The Canadian Bacon: The same old approach to security
The same old approach to security focuses on adding point-products to the solution stack in hopes to gain additional security effectiveness. This approach has been taken by many companies for…
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The Canadian Bacon Series: Securing your Operational Environment
I recently attended the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) “Dare to Compete” event in Winnipeg, where like-minded people come together to share their experiences and ideas for the greater good…
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The Canadian Bacon Series: Creating a Supported Security Architecture
As security practitioners we pride ourselves on our ability to respond quickly to remediate threats and minimize the impact they have on our business. We all know at some point…
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RSA Conference 2019 – BETTER Than Ever
The annual RSA Conference (RSAC) in San Francisco is wrapped up and this year’s event stayed true to its theme … BETTER. The 40,000 attendees left the show more empowered…
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With the rise in encrypted traffic, is the importance of the perimeter firewall and IPS diminishing?
I often get asked that with the rapid rise of encrypted traffic, is the importance of the Next Gen Firewall (NGFW) and perimeter security diminishing?
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