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Categories Program News 80+ eligible organizations will be able to join an existing community of cybersecurity professionals collaborating across 137 organizations CANARIE announced today that its Cybersecurity Initiatives Program (CIP) will deliver intrusion detection systems (IDS) and funding support to 80+ eligible research and education (R&E) organizations. CIP participating organizations that take advantage of this new funding will join an established community of Canadian R&E cybersecurity professionals who have been actively collaborating on intrusion detection as p...

UTC Follow U of T News U of T teams up with schools in Canada, around the world to share cybersecurity intelligence (Photo by Erik Isakson via Getty Images) From ransomware to espionage, educational institutions face a growing number of cybersecurity threats – which is why the University of Toronto is working with schools in Canada and abroad to thwart attacks by sharing data in real-time. For nearly a year, the Canadian Shared Security Operations Centre (CanSSOC), for which U of T serves as administrative lead, has been piloting a threat feed that sends members immediate information ...

From ransomware to espionage, educational institutions face a growing number of cybersecurity threats – which is why the University of Toronto is working with schools in Canada and abroad to thwart attacks by sharing data in real-time.For nearly a ye

(photo by Lisa Sakulensky) “This is unprecedented,” says Isaac Straley, who is the chief information security officer for both CanSSOC and U of T. “With this partnership, we’re really building relationships and working together to tackle this international problem.” CanSSOC serves universities, colleges, polytechniques and CÉGEPs across Canada. U of T was one of six founding institutions alongside the University of Alberta, University of British Columbia, McGill University, McMaster University and Ryerson University – but the consortium has the goal of serving more than 200 educa...