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Increased Cyberattack Sophistication Forces Canadian Companies to Adopt Standards & Compliance Datarisk Canada and Managed Privacy Canada Introduce Template-Based Compliance and Standards-Based Cybersecurity Management Toronto, Canada, June 19, 2023. According to security monitoring companies, between 2500 and 4000 cyberattacks occur every day. With an incidence of a damaging breach taking place every 14 seconds and…

Canada’s leading cybersecurity and privacy management platform adds popular enterprise features MPC’s PrivacyDASH™ and Datarisk’s Verify Audit Portal (VAP™) Enhance Offerings for Enterprise Regulatory Compliance and Large Scale Usability. Toronto, Canada, June 12, 2023. Informatica Corporation, Canada’s leader in cybersecurity management, has announced the expansion of its privacy and security platforms for enterprise use, including…

New Privacy by Design Quick Check from Informatica Helps Companies to Rapidly Find Compliance Gaps Informatica’ s MPC PrivacyDASH™ now offers self-assessment aligned with the new ISO 31700-1:2023 Privacy Standard Toronto, Canada, June 5, 2023. By year-end 2024, Gartner predicts that 75% of the world’s population will have its personal data covered under modern privacy…

Informatica Education Launches Hybrid Approach to Employee Privacy and Security Awareness Training Canada’s cybersecurity leader calls for personalized cybersecurity training by adapting to employee needs, preferred devices and language preferences. Toronto, Canada, May 29, 2023. Research estimates by Cybersecurity Ventures indicates an almost 100% growth in training and awareness over the next 5 years. Claudiu…

Canada’s leading cybersecurity enabler launches new security protection & privacy compliance tools Informatica empowers Canadian Small and Mid-size Businesses (SME) with fully managed privacy services and on-demand security project management Toronto, Canada, May 22, 2023 – A recent Verizon report indicates that a full quarter (25%) of global data breaches are caused by ransomware. “In…

New AI-Powered Anti-Phishing Service Motivates Employees Without Raising Anxiety Levels Datarisk PhishTest™ Creates Realistic Scams and Helps Employees to Understand Fraud to Improve Organizational Vigilance. Toronto, Canada, May 15, 2023 – Datarisk Canada introduces next generation AIPhishTest™ to solve the persistent problems with social engineering fraud. Despite the broad availability of training, awareness and phishing…

Canada’s Security Audit Provider Introduces Niche Assessments for Education & Industrial Sectors Verify™ bridges the vulnerable gaps in education technology and industrial cybersecurity. Toronto, Canada, May 11, 2023 – Informatica Corporation’s market leading Verify™ Risk assessment process is now available through subsidiaries Datarisk Canada and Managed Privacy Canada to meet the growing concerns over data…

Affordable SMB Portals Drive Canadian Companies Towards Better Privacy Compliance, Lower Cybersecurity Risk Across all measures, privacy & cybersecurity compliance in Canada decreased since 2019 (OPC) Toronto, Canada, April 17, 2023 – Informatica Corporation, through its subsidiaries Datarisk Canada and Managed Privacy Canada, has launched two innovative and affordable cybersecurity and privacy management portals designed…

Informatica Corporation Launches Advanced Cybersecurity Testing Server Canada’s Verify Scanning Server (VSS™) Doubles Capacity, Enables Client Management Via Smartphone Toronto, Canada, April 17, 2023 – After hundreds of client cybersecurity assessments, Datarisk Canada and Managed Privacy Canada, the Security and Privacy arms of Toronto-based Informatica Corporation (www.SecurtiyandPrivacy.ca), the organization has announced the completion of its…

Datarisk Canada Makes Data Breaches Survivable with New Incident Response Testing Solution Canada’s Security and Privacy Management Platform Now Offers TTX Incident Simulation™ Module Toronto, Canada, April 11, 2023 – According to Statistics Canada and the Canadian Cyber Security Centre, businesses continue to report data breaches and increased costs related to their impact. Datarisk Canada’s…

Informatica Corporation Launches SmartHire™ Candidate Evaluation and Employee Hiring System Helping Canadian Companies to Meet Unprecedented Challenges in Hiring and Retention of Qualified Cybersecurity Professionals Toronto, Canada, April 3, 2023 –  The broadest cybersecurity workforce study to date (ISACA 2022) indicates that 2023 is the most challenging year for organizations, with over 60% of companies…

New Enterprise Compliance Portal Helps Canadian Small and Mid-Size Companies to Control the Skyrocketing Risk of Supply Chain Data Breaches Informatica introduces mobile-friendly Vendor Risk Management (VRM) solution for managing 3rd party security audits and vendor privacy assessments Toronto, Canada, March 22, 2023 –  According to their 2022 data breach study, IBM and the Ponemon…

Why Do Canada’s Privacy Commissioners Demand that Companies Train Employees on Security and Privacy? Organizations subject to Canada’s federal and provincial laws must protect personal information from cybercriminals, malware and misuse. Toronto, Canada, March 16, 2023 –  According to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, cybercrimes such as ransomware and phishing must be prevented…

Attention Business and Technology Editors Press Release Release date:March 9, 2023 Twice as many large Canadian companies as smaller ones report being impacted by data breaches in 2022. Gaps in the ability of Canadian firms to prevent and detect cybersecurity incidents are due to weak cybersecurity and privacy compliance management. Toronto, Canada, March 9, 2023…

Insurance Companies are rejecting Canadian companies due to cybersecurity gaps and privacy weaknesses. With remediation costs of $1.92M (2022), demand rises for affordable cybersecurity and compliance remediation platforms such as MPC’s PrivacyDash™ and Datarisk’s Verify Audit Portal(VAP™)

Online Apps such as MPC’s PrivacyDash™ and Datarisk’s Verify Audit Portal(VAP™) now offer direct access to certified privacy and security professionals to reduce risk and costs of compliance.

Canadian Professional Companies Gain Access to On-Demand Cybersecurity and Privacy Guidance Through Online Apps such as MPC’s PrivacyDash™ and Datarisk’s Verify Audit Portal(VAP™)

Canadian small businesses may qualify for $1000 discount ahead of looming CASL deadline TORONTO, May 30, 2014 /CNW/ – By July 1st, Canada’s 1.1 million businesses will need to have proof of voluntary …

Baby abductions point to the need for clinics & healthcare facilities to conduct rigorous physical security and protocol reviews: HealthcareSecurity.ca TORONTO, May 28, 2014 /CNW/ – Following the…

Growing data breaches indicate failure to independently audit corporate security and privacy policies TORONTO, May 22, 2014 /CNW/ – According to recent studies, the number of security investigations…

Toronto, May 14, 2014 /CNW/ – Since 2006, 1138 security lapses caused a combined 29,791,337 privacy breaches of health information, most of them in the United States. In Canada, the cumulative…

TORONTO, May 12, 2014 /CNW/ – The unintended consequences, benefits and dangers of social media are often misunderstood, sometimes leading to tragic consequences. Despite hundreds of groups and…

TORONTO, May 6, 2014 /CNW/ – Canada’s 1.1 million businesses will need to verify the way they contact customers and improve their security before Bill C-28 takes effect July 1st. Until January 1,…

TORONTO, April 30, 2014 /CNW/ – 2014 has been a busy year for the IT security industry, with a succession of colossal breaches each impacting more than 100 million users. According to security…

TORONTO, April 21, 2014 /CNW/ – Informatica Security, Canada’s leading provider of data protection and privacy risk assessments announced that Heartbleed vulnerability analysis is now included by…

TORONTO, April 11, 2014 /CNW/ – From the first reports of the Heartbleed OpenSSL bug earlier this week, IT departments have scrambled to reduce their exposure to the risk and notify concerned users…

(email helpline now available at Heartbleed.ca) TORONTO, April 8, 2014 /CNW/ – A security advisory for the Internet’s most popular encryption library warns of a simple software bug that has the…

TORONTO, April 3, 2014 /CNW/ – Almost a year after the Snowden revelations began surfacing, as many as half of Canadian executives and business owners are still unaware that ongoing Internet…

TORONTO, March 17, 2014 /CNW/ – A company’s information assets can amount to 80% or more of its value. For many Canadian companies, the intangible nature of sensitive data can present significant…

TORONTO, March 12, 2014 /CNW/ – Using armies of infected computers, criminals launch overwhelming attacks that victimize hundreds of companies daily (digitalattackmap.com), costing data centres an…

TORONTO, March 10, 2014 /CNW/ – External IT security & privacy compliance check-ups are considered basic practices in every industry sector. Weekly revelations of damaging data breaches in retail,…

TORONTO, March 14, 2014 /CNW/ – Many of the security and privacy breaches from the past year have been traced to failures to protect data. Surprisingly, responsibility fell on trusted third parties…

TORONTO, Jan. 27, 2014 /CNW/ – In the wake of the colossal Target security breach that compromised over 100 million customer accounts and may yet impact hundreds of thousands of Canadian consumers,…

TORONTO, Jan. 13, 2013 /CNW/ – Recent security breaches at Target, Neiman Marcus and at least three other large retail chains are estimated to top 100 million cardholders and their personal…

TORONTO, Dec. 20, 2013 /CNW/ – With an estimated sales growth of 14% over last Christmas, retailers and ecommerce vendors are expecting a revenue boost this holiday season. But according to experts…

TORONTO, Dec. 12, 2013 /CNW/ – The latest revelations about Internet surveillance carried out covertly by Canada’s CSEC and the U.S. NSA have validated what Canadian regulators, lobbyists and…

TORONTO, Oct. 24, 2013 /CNW/ – The continued stream of revelations about Internet surveillance, cross-border information sharing and the privacy impact on Canadians has concerned individuals and…

TORONTO, Oct. 18, 2013 /CNW/ – Two recent reports indicate that 7 million Canadians have lost a whopping $3B to cybercrime last year. A large part of the identity theft, privacy and security breaches …

Accountability gap presents business sector with unprecedented opportunity to lead the way in best practices: security experts say TORONTO, Oct. 30, 2013 /CNW/ – According to Canada’s Privacy…

TORONTO, Sept. 6, 2013 /CNW/ – Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian spoke with security expert Claudiu Popa about bullying, cyberbullying and privacy abuses. With 95% of…

TORONTO, Aug. 13, 2013 /CNW/ – A new industry study reports at least 56% of companies have experienced security breaches in the past two years with average losses of $9.4 million over that period….

TORONTO, July 10, 2013 /CNW/ – Privacy and security breaches in Canada continue to rise with some statistics pegging each loss at $500,000, despite a systemic lack of enforcement over private sector…