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What makes a police car different?
A police vehicle needs to be able to run 24/7 without problems; it needs to be comfortable for the officer; and it needs to be built from the ground up for cops.
Category: Software & Technology
Five steps to safeguard company data
“New risks, illustrated by the Carrier IQ mobile device privacy controversy, Zappos and Amazon’s 24 million records breached, Sony’s 100 million records breached and recent hacktivist attacks, are emerging faster than most policies and IT departments can keep up,” says Aon Risk Solutions’ Kalinich
Canadians ignoring reputation risk of online activities
In Canada, 75 percent of adults and 55 percent of children aged 8-17 years old surveyed do not think about the long-term impact of their online activities on their personal reputation
Digital Banking to be the main way customers interact with banks by 2015: Report
Digital banking is set to overtake branch networks as the main way customers interact with their bank by 2015.
Google fined for bad autocomplete suggestion on French insurance company
Search engine fined $65,000 after its autocomplete suggested “crook” or “scammer” after company name
Small budgets, big IT risks
Sixty-three percent of Canadian businesses noted that they do not have an adequate budget to allocate to the security features of their IT infrastructure
The electronic delivery of insurance documents
The Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario (RIBO) says it has received enquiries from members about the electronic delivery of insurance documents to satisfy delivery requirements to clients
Five emerging technologies that will change your life
The gap between science fiction and science fact is closing. IBM’s five technologies that will change your life over the next five years.
Global sports market expected to reach $145 billion in revenue
“North America will remain the largest market throughout our forecasts to 2015″ PwC
Top five holiday cyber scams (and how to avoid them)
Canadians spend billions in online shopping, but it’s important to remain safe online
FedEx sets record for most packages shipped in one day
FedEx estimates that more than 260 million shipments will pass through its global network between the end of November and Christmas
Famous former computer hacker shares his expertise on cyber security
“Some people like crossword puzzles. I like to find vulnerabilities in software. It’s challenging. It’s fun. I enjoy it.”
Charlie Miller
Custom Software Solutions Announces EDocs Functionality with SGI
“We are proud to be the first insurer in Canada to support this new technology,” said Andrew Cartmell, President and CEO of SGI CANADA
The 25 worst Internet passwords of 2011
By ILSTV Staff on Nov 25, 2011 in Software & Technology
Using “password” as your password may not be as clever as many think
Would you rather lose vacation time or your digital files?
More than half of respondents would rather lose vacation time than their digital files
CGI launches fraud detection service for the Canadian insurance industry
CGI’s new fraud detection service will tie in with insurers’ existing data infrastructures and integrate into the claims and underwriting processes, while providing hands-on visual tools, such as fraud risk scores, dashboards, network link analysis and automatic archiving of data-relationship rules
Non-lethal weapons featured at Ottawa Technology Convention
By ILSTV Staff on Nov 09, 2011 in Featured, Risk Management, Software & Technology, Un-Natural Disasters
The latest technology in the field of Non-lethal capabilities ranges from blunt force weapons to pyrotechnics and are meant to control crowds, to neutralize vehicles or to incapacitate individuals without killing them. And the demand for
these less-lethal weapons is growing.
Aon eSolutions goes to the cloud with RIScloud
By ILSTV Staff on Nov 02, 2011 in Company News, International Insurance, Risk Management, Software & Technology
New community cloud solution designed for risk, insurance and safety management industries
Guidelines on social media background checks from BC’s Privacy Commissioner
Using social media to conduct background checks presents legal and other challenges
