Is Canada still a hacker haven?
October 24, 2006
2006 International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust aims to set the record straight
OSHAWA, Ont. - It's been over five years since former FBI Director Louis J. Freeh declared Canada to be a hacker haven but how much has really changed since then?According to the Deloitte 2005 Global Security Survey of financial institutions over 50 percent of Canadian respondents experienced some kind of security breach last year and Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario recently announced that the existing identity infrastructure of the Internet is no longer sustainable due to the exponential growth of online fraud. So, what are Canadian businesses doing to protect themselves and their customers from intrusions and identity theft, and ensure that personal and professional information remains private?
Nearly 100 researchers, scientists, educators, business people, technologists, futurists, and industry practitioners attending the 2006 International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST 2006) next week will be answering those questions and revealing the latest privacy, security and trust technology and research.
Hosted by the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), PST 2006 is the fourth annual forum on the topic of trust and features presentations on the prevention of network systems attacks, protection from identity fraud, digital identity management and federation, security breaches and hackers in the 21st century, methods for reducing Canada's cyber threat, and more.
Who:
- Dr. Elisa Bertino, professor, Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University;
- Dr. Sushil Jajodia, BDM professor and director of the Center for Secure Information Systems, George Mason University;
- Dr. Greg B. Newby, scientist, Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks;
- Dr. Sylvia Osborn, professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario;
- Brian O'Higgins, chief technology officer, Third Brigade, Inc.;
- Walid Rjaibi, senior software engineer, IBM;
- Mike Gurski, privacy strategist, Bell Security Solutions, Inc.;
- Dr. Ian Goldberg, assistant professor, Computer Science, University of Waterloo;
- Dr. David Skillicorn, professor, School of Computing, Queens University;
- Dr. Ronald Bordessa, president, UOIT; and
- Dr. Bernadette Schell, dean, Faculty of Business and Information Technology, UOIT.
- Monday, October 30 to Wednesday, November 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
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