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Looking To Protect Your Students’ Data? Start With Their Login Accounts

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Protecting children’s privacy online is a top-of-mind concern for educators. But for the IT administrators tasked with this job, the “hows” of doing so can be complex and multi-faceted. One good place to start is through managing the online accounts that students create to access their learning tools (such as G Suite for Education, Adobe, […]

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Canada’s Research and Education Community Strengthens Cybersecurity

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Cybera is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the first procurement for a new national Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) infrastructure. The SIEM initiative involves a collaboration of 13 provincial, territorial and federal partners of Canada’s National Research and Education Network (NREN). The proposed solution will enable all partners of the NREN to

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Cybera Supports SWIFT Call For Equal Access to the CRTC’s Broadband Fund

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Bright/translucent lines: Areas where SWIFT estimates internet service provider offer service packages with speeds that meet or exceed CRTC’s 50/10 “basic service” target. Dark hexagons: Areas considered served/ineligible to apply to CRTC fund. Last week, Cybera submitted a letter in support of Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT)’s appeal to the CRTC to reconsider its Broadband

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Cybera’s Latest Initiative Teaches Data Science Skills to Alberta Entrepreneurs

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The rise of the digital data economy Cybera has unveiled a new service to provide data science training and tools to Albertans. The Data Science for Entrepreneurs initiative provides Alberta entrepreneurs, businesses, and social enterprises with free training workshops and access to data science expertise. Funded by the Government of Alberta’s Community and Regional Economic Support (CARES) program, this

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Cybera’s Case to the Telecommunications Legislative Review

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Last week, Cybera submitted a brief to the federal government’s Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review panel. The panel has been tasked with reviewing Canada’s communication legislative framework in the digital age, focusing on issues of content creation, net neutrality and cultural diversity, and how to strengthen the future of Canadian media. We would like to

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New Hub in Red Deer Will Help Schools and Researchers Collaborate Easier and Faster

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After years of negotiations and maintenance work, Cybera is pleased to announce that a high-speed networking point of presence (PoP) has been installed in Red Deer. Red Deer College and the Red Deer Public School District were the first institutions to connect to the new PoP, at a rate of up to 1 Gbps. Utilizing

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Introducing the AI Initiative: Alberta’s Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Source

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By Shea Johnson, Founder of the AI Initiative What is the AI Initiative? Borne from the drive to learn more about artificial intelligence, my vision for the AI Initiative is to provide post-secondary students, the general public, and eventually K-12 students with the knowledge and resources to work with AI. Through this vision, I want

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ShareIT Adds Security Services and Knowledge-Sharing Opportunities

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As global hacks and data breaches continue to dominate headlines, Alberta educators are moving to increase the sophistication of their security tools, while collaborating on a joint line of defense. Last month, Alberta’s ShareIT procurement program added security services to its catalogue of offerings. In addition, ShareIT is now offering a learning platform for members

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SuperNet Outage

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Category: Network service disruption on the Calgary SuperNet Start Time: Thursday, Nov 1, 2018, 08:23 MDT End Time: Thursday, Nov 1, 2018, 09:40 MDT Duration: 77 minutes This was a wide spread outage and service interruption to multiple services in the Calgary and aggregating communities. Axia dispatched a tech to the site, and the connection

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ConnectIN:Testing the gaps in First Nations’ Internet connectivity

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Getting adequate access to internet continues to be an issue for First Nation communities. But the extent of this problem is still not fully known. In 2019-2020, ConnectIN evaluated the internet connectivity of First Nation communities in western Canada. Led by led by three First Nations regional technology organizations, its goal was to better assess

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ShareIT expands its catalogue offerings

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Alberta’s ShareIT procurement service has successfully entered its second year, marking $3.38 million in savings thus far for participating members. Now, the catalogue of end-user computing and networking hardware that can be purchased through ShareIT has expanded to include more products (under the categories of laptops, desktops, tablets, and wireless access points) from additional manufacturers.

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