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How women can build influence in critical tech roles

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A woman charts a nonlinear path through telecom and data centres, showing how curiosity and courage can amplify female voices in tech.
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Bridging the gap: Cybersecurity breakthroughs and imbalances

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Cybersecurity evolves to AI‑driven defences, but gender imbalances persist, pushing women to fight harder for visibility and leadership.
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NCC warns of rising cyber risks to connected farming

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NCC warns that insecure connected farm machinery could let cyber attacks disrupt harvests, cut yields and threaten food supply chains.
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Tech leaders urge action to lift women into senior roles

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Tech leaders across three continents mark International Women's Day 2026 urging structured support and clearer paths for women in cyber.
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Check Point launches Canada-only data region for WAF

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Check Point debuts Canada-only WAF data region, promising full data residency, lower latency and AI-driven protection for local organisations.
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Diverse leadership is infrastructure: Why mission-critical systems demand broader perspectives

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Women's leadership in mission-critical infrastructure is essential to true sustainability, uniting resilience, equity and long-term accountability.
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BCIT audit praises strong cybersecurity governance

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BC's auditor general has endorsed BCIT's cybersecurity governance, finding a strong, risk-based framework and no need for improvements.
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Cloudflare flags AI-fuelled identity & SaaS attacks

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Cloudflare warns AI-driven identity fraud and SaaS abuse are reshaping cybercrime, as global costs hit USD $10.5 trillion a year.
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Identity management tops 2026 security & IT agenda

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Identity management is set to dominate 2026 security agendas as HID research shows rising convergence, biometrics use and privacy scrutiny.
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Octave rebrands as it prepares spin-off from Hexagon

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Hexagon software unit Octave unveils new brand identity as it lines up independence, unifying design, build, operate and protect tools.
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From Bill C-26 to C-8: Canada's cyber law reboot explained

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Canada's long-stalled cybersecurity overhaul is reborn as Bill C-8, promising strict rules for critical infrastructure after years of delay.
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F5 Labs unveils monthly AI model security leaderboards

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F5 Labs launches monthly AI security leaderboards, ranking popular models on new indices of risk, resilience and cost under live attack.
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Quantum, cloud and cyber take shape in Canadian defence plan

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Canada is weaving cyber and quantum tech into its defence plan, betting on research strength despite gaps in sovereign cloud capacity.
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Genetec unveils Cloudlink 2210 for hybrid security

Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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Genetec has unveiled Cloudlink 2210, a hybrid appliance that centralises cloud-managed security while preserving local storage at scale.
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Codific maps five cyber paths threatening power grids

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Codific warns power grids face repeat cyberattack patterns and urges utilities to bolster resilience to outages and cascading disruption.
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NCC warns ransomware risk persists despite January dip

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Ransomware cases dipped 17% in January, but NCC warns the threat remains high as Qilin targets critical sectors and tactics evolve.
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Ransomware attacks dip but NCC warns threat evolving

Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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Global ransomware attacks fell 17% in January, but NCC warns evolving tactics, AI and messaging apps mean risk is not receding.
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Denmark tops 2026 FM resilience ranking, India climbs

Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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Denmark tops FM's 2026 Resilience Index for a third year as Europe dominates the rankings and India makes broad-based gains across all zones.
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Phishing campaigns exploit .arpa DNS to evade filters

Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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Phishing gangs exploit obscure .arpa DNS space and IPv6 tunnels to sneak past reputation-based web filters and lure users to fake sites.
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Blackline Safety brings connected gas tech to sniffer dogs

Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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Blackline Safety fits sniffer dogs with GPS gas monitors, pairing canine noses with connected tech to track leaks for rural utilities.