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Website

Top Canadian Cyber Security Stories of 2017
A review of the top Canadian Cyber Security Stories of 2017 and the lessons they taught us.

Book

A History of Cyber Security Attacks by Bruce Middleton
Stories of cyber attacks dominate the headlines. Whether its theft of massive amounts of personally identifible information or the latest intrustion of foreign goverments in US goverment and industrial sites, cyber attacks are now important. For professionals and the public, knowing how the attacks are lauched and succeed is vital to ensuring cyber security. The book provides a concise summary in a historical context of the major global cyber security attacks since 1980. Each attack covered contains an overview of the incident in layman terms, followed by a technical details section, and culminating in a "lessons learnedand recommendations" section.

Video

Galante, L. (2017, April). How (and why) Russia hacked the US election [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/laura_galante_how_to_exploit_democracy

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