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Trend Micro sets up Toronto lab for ‘ethical hackers’
Globe & Mail
February 2, 2018
Trend Micro Canada – part of a global company that originated in Silicon Valley but relocated its headquarters to Tokyo – said it expects the new office to house about 100 of the cybersecurity researchers within two years.
"It's a very difficult profile to find but I'm very confident that Canada has developed (an) incredible foundation over the years." said Wael Mohamed, president of Trend Micro Canada.
In fact, Trend Micro already has a 200-person team in Ottawa that heads a global operation
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Trend Micro sets up Toronto lab for 'ethical hackers' to expose security threats
CTV News
February 1, 2018
TORONTO -- International cybersecurity company Trend Micro is setting up a new Toronto research lab for "ethical hackers" in collaboration with Canadian telecom giant Telus Corp.
Trend Micro -- a global company that originated in California but relocated its headquarters to Tokyo -- said it expects the new office to house about 100 of the cybersecurity researchers within two years.
Cybersecurity company Trend Micro to open research lab in Toronto to combat security threats
Global News
February 1, 2018
In addition to the Cybersecurity Research Centre in Toronto, Trend Micro has seven other research centres around the world in Taipei, Tokyo, Munich, Manila, Prague, Ottawa and Austin, Texas.
“We chose Toronto because of the strength of the talent, as well as our overall increased investment in Canada,” Eva Chen, CEO of the parent company, said in a statement.
Toronto and the surrounding area have been pushing to become a hub for advanced research on several fronts, including artificial
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If you're going to blame a cyberattack on North Korea, you better show your work
CBC News
January 24, 2018
Figuring out who's behind a cyberattack is hard — something that cybersecurity experts will tell you time and time again.
It's why some were understandably surprised when the Ontario regional transit operator Metrolinx claimed on Tuesday evening that it had fallen victim to a North Korean cyberattack.
"Coming out publicly, saying it was a particular nation state, escalates the stakes for no apparent reason," said Mark Nunnikhoven, who is a vice president at the
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New conventional thinking: meet in Vancouver, leave a legacy
Glacier Community Media
January 23, 2018
When 1,300 Trend Micro employees descended on Vancouver for the company’s annual sales kick-off earlier this month, they did all the usual things convention-goers do.
They learned about the innovations the cyber security company was embracing, cheered on one another at training workshops and schmoozed at the awards dinner.
Top cyber security predictions for 2018
ITWorld Canada
January 2, 2018
A new year always brings predictions. When it comes to cyber security, the over-arching prediction from experts is that threats will only get more complex. That means the security team will have to be even sharper than they were in 2017.
Here’s a roundup of what a number of cyber security solution providers see for the next 12 months:
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MONTREAL-BASED IMMUNIO ACQUIRED BY TREND MICRO
BetaKit Incorporated
November 29, 2017
Immunio, a real-time web application security system (RASP), announced that it was acquired by Trend Micro, a cybersecurity solutions company.
The deal is an extension of Trend Micro’s efforts to expand the reach of hybrid cloud security to DevOps. Immunio’s platform aims to secure web applications and APIs against digital threats. The platform flags vulnerabilities within the app and immediately block attacks in real time, allowing teams to understand where the vulnerability was and how
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SC Media RiskSec Toronto Editorial Wrap Up
SC Media
June 15, 2017
he inaugural SC Media RiskSec Toronto event held earlier this week touched upon a wide variety of cybersecurity topics, including training, working with senior management, privacy issues, cybersecurity industry pay levels to the latest on WannaCry ransomware.
Expect ransomware to increasingly target back-up files, panelist warns
SC Media
June 14, 2017
Ransomware attacks could one day evolve to increasingly target back-up files, one of the few effective tools security professionals managers have to remediate an infection, according to a panelist at the RiskSec Toronto 2017 conference this week.
Persirai now biggest of IoT botnets
IT World Canada
June 8, 2017
According to a blog todayfrom Trend Micro researchers there are four malware families in the wild now targeting these devices, each trying to build the biggest Internet of Things botnet.