By: Jack Hoskins
Legislation Commented On: Bill C-26 – An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts, 1st Sess, 44th Parl, 2022.
PDF Version: Taking Cybersecurity Seriously: Ten New Principles
Welcome to the golden age of cybercrime. An old pastime of mischievous young computer geeks is now the domain of nation states and professional hacker groups. It’s a trillion-dollar industry. Attacks grow in number and scale every year and no one is safe, not even cybersecurity companies and the NSA. Tools developed to guard against cyberattacks are stolen and repurposed to make hacking faster and subtler. The worst is yet to come. Quantum computing may soon overpower all known methods of encryption, ushering in the “quantum apocalypse.” Deepfakes and AI are only in their infancy. Continue reading