Posts tagged G20 summit
Targeted malware attacks increase around G8 and G20 summits
Jun 24th
Most well-publicized events have accompanying spam runs, like the death of a famous person or large sporting events. Most of you will have seen a news-related e-mail at some point that turned out to be just another spam message trying to sell you a replica watch.
However, some events, though very well-publicized, don’t generate the same kind of rush in the spammers’ world probably because they believe their target audience would not be very interested in the topic, and so would be less likely to fall for any related scams.
Examples of this type of event are the semi-annual G20 summit and the annual G8 summit. These events seem to be of little interest to general spammers. We have not seen any of the usual types of spam referencing it in any way. But even though they are not exploited in the same way as an event like the World Cup, they still do not escape the notice of cyber criminals. Read the rest of this entry »
G20 Summit: Business data security in the ‘Zone’
Jun 22nd
WHAT’S YOUR RISK FACTOR?
The G20 Summit – truly the largest security event in Canada’s history – creates unprecedented challenges to the security of business information in the “zone.” Customer and employee records, legal and medical files, financial statements, internal memos and commercial secrets may be exposed to heightened security risks that are likely to be targeted by information criminals.
Michael Collins
Unfortunately, most companies have little or no experience adopting their complex information practices to the unpredictable environment within the “zone” or operating remotely from temporary locations outside of the “zone.”
Such times of uncertainty provide opportunities for fraudsters looking to exploit information security loopholes, yet companies’ obligations to protect their clients’ data cannot be compromised under any circumstances. Read the rest of this entry »
The Toronto G8/G20 Summits:
Jun 16th
How Simple Security Communication Blunders Can Negatively Impact Public Opinion
Apparently Toronto drew the short straw. It’s our turn to host the distinguished G8 and G20 summits this year and Canada is certainly stepping up to the plate. All our reluctant tax-paying citizens are financially responsible for ensuring the comfort and safety of a select few heads of state and their entourage on this august occasion in June.
Claudiu Popa
And a respectable event it is, with such noble and specific goals as the opportunity to discuss major international issues and develop personal relations between heads of state. Unfortunately, every year and despite their best intentions, the host countries have to endure any number of protests and criticism over the way things are handled and naturally the futility of the entire exercise in light of continued global misery. Past protests have been marred by injuries and even death, thus undermining the point of the exercise.
G8 and G20 must address online privacy
Jun 14th
-It’s the least we can expect for our billion-dollar investment
It’s hard to imagine governments acting in citizens’ social media privacy best interests when they themselves often seem so inept in terms of integrating social media within their own respective environments. For every example of a government department success story using social media tools and principles, there always seems to be a counter-example that illustrates just how many elected leaders and civil servants still have their heads in the sand when it comes to Web 2.0 and beyond. All-staff Twitter bans and continued sequestering of data that could help the public in hierarchical and disconnected silos, anyone?
Despite our leaders’ difficulties in making social media the new normal for government-citizen interaction, the need for our elected officials to help facilitate the transition to a Web 2.0-based economy has never been greater.
