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Cybersecurity Governance: Why it Pays to Involve Decision-Makers in Protecting Your Institution

February 22, 2021

For educational and research institutions, cybersecurity breaches are costly. In 2020, IBM estimated that a single attack costs institutions an average of $5 million. And moreover, these attacks can have far-reaching implications: compromising researcher’s data, interrupting exams for class time, ... Continue Reading

Strengthening Connections In Times of Change

Delilah Moysich VP of Business Planning and Partnerships

December 16, 2020

Celebrating Canada’s research and education community – especially now In 2020, the global pandemic meant Canada’s research, education and innovation sector had to pivot quickly. From moving rapidly to remote education delivery at the outset of the pandemic, to focusing ... Continue Reading

Cybersecurity: A journey, not a destination

November 18, 2020

On November 3, 2020, higher education institutions from across Ontario gathered online for ORION’s inaugural ON-CHEC Day. The theme, Cybersecurity: A journey, not a destination, got at the crux of the cybersecurity challenge for this sector: no matter how far ... Continue Reading

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: A tale of two institutions

Farooq Naiyer Chief Information Security Officer, ORION

October 6, 2020

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

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