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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

Why you should register for CCISO training with ORION

November 8, 2019

Information technology and security teams face challenges daily. They work to protect their organizations from cybersecurity threats while developing and maintaining their own internal systems. They look to their leaders for guidance and for support in their efforts to ensure ... Continue Reading

Join the resistance: Protect yourself against cyber threats

FAROOQ NAIYER Chief Information Security Officer, ORION

October 18, 2019

The month of October is for harvesting, stocking up, and preparing for winter. A time when pumpkin pies and ghost stories go hand in hand. It should also be recognized as an important awareness month for something truly scary – ... Continue Reading

Confessions of a Shared CISO

FAROOQ NAIYER Chief Information Security Officer, ORION

June 7, 2019

The cybersecurity imperative In the first week of April of this year, one of the largest tech universities in the southern United States reported that they had a data breach and that almost 1.3 million students and teachers may have ... Continue Reading