CYBER-SECURITY
Today’s “highwaymen” have morphed into sophisticated hackers, ready to rob you of your money, your intellectual property, your reputa- tion or your identity. Or maybe they’ll “kidnap” your business with ransomware, rendering it unable to function. How do you protect yourself? You need to be trained in digital swordplay by someone who knows all the best defensive moves. Meet Kathy Knight. Knight is the executive director for CyberWave (cyberwave.mitt.ca) at the Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology (MITT), which provides comprehensive training in cyber-security, and also dean of information and community tech- nology programs. The “information highway” has grown into a vast and complicated worldwide network with side roads, back alleys and digital detours. And just like the highways of old, it’s vulnerable to criminal attack by unscrupulous users who would steal anything of value from its travellers . CYBER-SECURITY 101: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR BUSINESS BY WENDY KING CYBER-SECURITY 101:
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PHOTO BY DARCY FINLEY Kathy Knight is the executive director for CyberWave at the Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology.
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