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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: A tale of two institutions

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: A tale of two institutions

Farooq Naiyer Chief Information Security Officer, ORION
The beginning of a school year is always a time of change and uncertainty. That feeling has been intensified by the issues raised for education due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stats show that there has been a 600% Increase in ... Continue Reading
ORION Higher Education Cybersecurity Report 2020

ORION Higher Education Cybersecurity Report 2020

David Smith Chief Technology Officer, ORION
The importance of cybersecurity in higher education Amid the backdrop of COVID-19, cybersecurity has become more important now than ever. Researchers across Ontario and Canada are on the front lines of innovative testing, working on therapies and vaccine development while ... Continue Reading
DDoS Attacks! Georgian College and ORION fight back

DDoS Attacks! Georgian College and ORION fight back

  “We heard the alerts notifying us that the network service wasn’t available and that the wireless wasn’t working so it was all hands on deck.” - Usman Ali Dar, Infrastructure Support Technologist, Georgian College   Cybersecurity attacks have been on ... Continue Reading
ORION 2019 Snapshot

ORION 2019 Snapshot

Alfonso Licata President and CEO, ORION
  This is an unusual and difficult time. We're all facing the challenges of COVID-19. At ORION, we're proud of the role we play in empowering Ontario's researchers, educators and innovators — including those hard at work on the pandemic. The ... Continue Reading
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