Maritime conference looks at lack of governance, IT gaps. The Maritimes are behind the times when is comes to information security governance, according to an expert, but many also fall prey to trickery of social engineering. Mark Bernard, CEO of Hartland, N.B. headquartered
Apollo Computer Consultants, said this is especially true when it comes to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, which comes into full effect next month. “I think private industry has been very slow to come around,” Bernard said. “I talked to the chief registrar of the medical association about what they’re doing to help the doctors adapt and they basically said, ‘We’re sitting back to see what happens.’ Full Story