Cyber Safe Cities

Wrapping up our season of Cyber Safe Cities, we chat with Wadeed Mian of ISA Cybersecurity. A member of TECHNATION Canada, ISA Cybersecurity specializes in cybersecurity services and solutions. Wadeed shares his vast knowledge on how to prepare for a cyber attack and how to manage risk. 

How often does your municipality assess your risk? Is cybersecurity included in at assessment? This week, we chat with Ashley Lukeeram of Tenable Inc about cyber risk, and things to consider the next time your municipality discusses organizational risk in a cyber context.

Did you know that working including law enforcement in your business response plan can be vital to securing your organization from a cyber attack? In this week's episode, we chat with Detective Sergeant Vern Crowley with the Cyber Crime Investigation Team with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). DS Crowley provides details on how working with law enforcement can help not only protect your municipality, but can help track down repeat offenders.

In this episode, Ruth discusses legal risks around cyber attacks, and questions you can ask your internal team and external partners to assess your cyber risk, and begin taking the necessary steps to secure your municipality. 

Canadian Municipalities - Want to learn how you can dynamically increase your cyber security posture through audits and assessment during #cyberawerenesssmonth? Check out our newest episode where we sit down with Kevin De Snayer, National Cybersecurity Specialist with Calian Inc.

Have you recently evaluated your IOT assets and risk? CyberNB is back again for our next episode of Cyber Safe Cities. Sheldon Shaw, Vice President of Innovation and Infrastructure, chats with us about cyber needs for municipal infrastructure, as well as how to integrate cyber into "playbooks" and business continuity plans. 

Randy Purse, Senior Cybersecurity Advisor with the Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst discusses where to start in addressing your cyber risk, and how you can leverage your existing team to help secure your municipality.

Tyson Johnson, CEO of Cyber New Brunswick (CyberNB) provides details for municipalities to consider when dealing with third-party vendors and the risks associated with potential cyber attacks and breaches to their systems. Tyson discusses a series of questions to ask your third-party vendors and internal team to ensure you can manage your risk accordingly.

Welcome to the Cyber Safe Cities Podcast.

This podcast is brought to you by the Municipal Cybersecurity Best Practices Initiative, led by TECHNATION Canada, and funded in part by Public Safety Canada under its Cyber Security Cooperation Program.

This podcast looks at the ways Canadian municipalities can ensure they are cyber safe.

We’ll be chatting with industry experts about best practices and their experience in the cybersecurity field.

We look to demystify cybersecurity, show you where to get started tackling your cyber risk, and provide tactical tips and tools that municipalities can implement today.

To learn more, head to technationcanada.com and check out our Municipal Cybersecurity Best Practices guidelines.