From the recent Desjardins data breach to the ongoing ransomware crises facing many municipal governments, Canadians have been receiving regular reminders about threats to our cybersecurity. Inspired by conversations and research happening within the Conference Board of Canada’s Cyber Security Council, this webinar will examine three of the most pressing emerging threats which are ransomware, cryptojacking, and IoT attacks.

In this 60 minute webinar, learn more about these three emerging threats, what happened when Canadian organizations and individuals were targeted by those threats, and how they responded. The webinar will conclude with a strategic discussion, focused on how organizations can improve their cyber resilience in the face of these emerging concerns.

For each of the three emerging threats covered, you will get details that you can find nowhere else, including:

• An overview of each threat and its growing prevalence;
• Case studies from Canadian organizations who have dealt with each threat;
• Examples of how to manage and mitigate each threat;
• A strategic discussion focused on improving your organization’s cyber resilience.

About Vanessa

Dr. Vanessa Thomas is a Senior Research Associate with the Technology and Innovation Knowledge Centre at The Conference Board of Canada. Vanessa is a multidisciplinary researcher, technologist and designer, with a background that spans computer science, mathematics, physics, human security, peace building, intercultural communication, graphic design, leadership, feminist studies, and public policy analysis, amongst other topics.

As a recovering website and database developer, Vanessa is no stranger to the cyber security space; most recently, she acted as an External Technical Consultant on the European Union’s FP7 SecInCore project. The project designed and delivered a Secure Dynamic Cloud solution that facilitated information and resource sharing amongst pan-European first responder organizations.

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