Attention hackers and bored teenagers: the Halifax Regional Police computer systems are woefully insecure and the department has done little to fix the problem over the past 18 months. Auditor general Evangeline Colman-Sadd outlined her office’s concerns about HRP’s cybersecurity in a letter sent July 6 to the Board of Police Commissioners. In the now-public […]
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Halifax police prep for cyber attacks
The Halifax Regional Police department is on the hunt for a new chief information security officer to develop and then manage its IT security, strategy and operations. Until the newly-created CISO position is filled, HRP’s systems are presumably more vulnerable to outside cyber attacks. Just how vulnerable, though, the department isn’t saying. “The field of […]
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Go local in the South End
Paper pleasures Before there was the internet, there was Atlantic News (5560 Morris Street, 429-5468), full of newspapers and magazines from around the world. The legendary newsstand remains a destination for your periodical needs—often going directly to the publisher to get titles you’re looking for—and more besides. Co-owner Michele Gerard shows us the new stationery […]
