All posts on markn.ca covering cloud, security, privacy, and technology.
Presenting on video and live streams is hard. Even though the goal is to connect to people, sitting alone(ish) presenting to a camera lens and computer display can be alienating. There are a number of simple techniques you can use to upgrade the qual...
Video conferencing platform Zoom has been in the news almost constantly over the past few weeks. At first it was hailed as a tool to help reduce this isolated feeling all of us are experiencing, then it was a pile on for security and privacy issues, ...
Security is often spoken of in absolutes. Is this secure? Is that insecure? The reality is that security is a spectrum. It is a series of implicit and explicit decisions made to meet the business needs within an acceptable risk tolerance.
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Contact tracing during an outbreak is a massive undertaking. Google and Apple are collaborating in order to automate parts of this task. Will it work? What are the challenges? We dive into the issue
A Cloud Guru is hosting Cloud Madness. Thirty two cloud services face-off over four rounds but only one will be crowned the champion. Here’s my completed bracket and reasonable for my picks.
Are you addicted to your smartphone? How would you know? Is there anything you can do about it? Over the course of an hour, Rita Celi and I asked people from around Ontario questions about the issue
CES 2020 brought out the big (and small) players in tech and one thing they all had in common was how much they used the word “privacy”. Is this privacy-washing or the start of real change?
COPPA was passed in the US in 1998 but a recent ruling against YouTube for violating the decades old law means big changes for creators.
Canadian data privacy laws state that an organization is responsible for the life cycle of the data. Most orgs struggle with protecting it while it’s in use, what about after they no longer need it?
In this live streaming series for Trend Micro, I speak to various cloud leaders about what’s happening in cloud.
AWS re:Invent is the biggest and most exciting conference in cloud. Follow AWS Community Hero @marknca for all of the latest leading up to and during the show!
Organizations struggle with extending their security practices to the cloud. Traditional approaches don’t work, and new cloud-only practices duplicate work for an already overtaxed team. The goal of cybersecurity is simple: to ensure that what y...