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DDoS Attacks! Georgian College and ORION fight back

September 3, 2020

“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

Strengthening Ontario’s cybersecurity community through training

Delilah Moysich VP of Business Planning and Partnerships

June 9, 2020

When I first heard our research and education community identify training as a concern, I knew we needed to gather more data. We’ve seen that by working as a collective, we can move the needle on cybersecurity. Through our Ontario ... Continue Reading

Ontario’s Cybersecurity Higher Education Consortium: Shared Cybersecurity and Collaboration

Farooq Naiyer Chief Information Security Officer, ORION

February 4, 2020

It is estimated that at least eighty per cent of Canadians were affected by data breaches in 2019. That means that more than 28 million Canadians were impacted. This is alarming information that concerns many of us, including myself. ... Continue Reading

Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Key to Innovation in Neurotechnology

Fiza Arshad MSc Grad, McMaster University

December 18, 2018

Successful collaboration across all sectors and disciplines in research and education requires a champion. ORION is a champion of intersectoral collaboration – fostering partnerships and providing our community with the digital tools and expertise they need to make the world ... Continue Reading

My First Year as a Shared CISO

Farooq Naiyer Chief Information Security Officer, ORION

August 8, 2018

In April 2017, ORION launched a two-year pilot program with eight Ontario education institutions. The idea was brought to us by members of our higher education community with the objective of sharing a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to establish ... Continue Reading