Welcome to SecTor - Canada's Premier IT Security Conference

Sep 20, 2019

When it comes to cybersecurity conferences, DEF CON is one of the most daunting. It's huge, busy, and filled with experts, many of whom already know each other. So when Laylee Olsen ventured there for…

Sep 03, 2019

If you feel powerless to protect your data—and other peoples’—against an onslaught of cyberattacks, you’re not alone. In March, Cisco’s 2019 CISO Benchmark Study surveyed 3,259 IT security pros around the world. It found that…

Aug 23, 2019

If you weren't convinced that data is one of your most valuable assets, just look at how often criminals are locking it up and holding it to ransom. Ransomware attacks have become an epidemic, hitting…

Jul 05, 2019

Finding online data exposures is like shooting fish in a barrel—assuming that you’re using an M65 cannon with a nuclear payload. New and horrific breaches emerge every week. In the last couple of weeks alone,…

Jun 25, 2019

What application vulnerabilities should you be worried about when protecting your organization? Well, all of them, of course, but some more than others. Bug bounty company HackerOne recently analyzed the 120,000 vulnerabilities that researchers have…

May 09, 2019

For UK users concerned about their connected devices leaking personal data, help may be on the way. Fed up with the Internet of things (IoT) industry’s failure to self regulate, the UK government is preparing…

Apr 11, 2019

When you talk to Amazon’s Alexa, it isn’t only a cloud-based digital assistant that listens. This week, Bloomberg reported that humans are listening in on your Alexa recordings to better train the system. These workers…

Apr 05, 2019

What is it with hackers and lock picking? Lock picking workshops have sprung up at various conferences including Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE), DEF CON, and of course our own SecTor conference. For years now,…