Cybera’s Virtual Firewall Service: An Introduction and History
Earlier this month, Cybera launched a Virtual Firewall Service (VFS) for Alberta’s public sector institutions. In this first of a two-part blog series, [...]
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Alberta educators reduce IT costs and improve bandwidth capacity with Cybera’s shared Virtual Firewall Service
A virtual solution to the cybersecurity resource constraints faced by Alberta’s public sector has been developed by Cybera. The first of its kind [...]
Research networks avoid the pitfalls of US net neutrality changes – for now
Author: Cathy Bogaart, Director, Marketing and Communications, Orion. Undoubtedly, you have seen the recent news coverage about the US Federal Communications Commission repealing Obama-era [...]
Why rural connectivity is an issue for EVERY Canadian
As part of our core mandate, Cybera continually pushes for the democratization of technology access in Canada. We’ve seen some major policy successes [...]
New Canadian data mining tool analyzes how public submissions affect regulatory decisions
When the CRTC sought submissions to its 2015 consultation on “Basic Telecommunications Services,” thousands of people offered their opinions on what the future [...]
A behind-the-scenes look at Cybera’s network security activities
In early 2016, we got wind of a potential (distributed denial-of-service) attack on one of our school members. We contacted the network administrator [...]
Cybera boosts internet infrastructure, lowers bulk buying rate
The price of internet for Alberta’s public sector continued to drop this month, creating even more opportunities for digitally intensive learning and content [...]
Delving Through 65,000 Pages of Government Submissions: The Challenges
Authors: David Ackerman, Alyssa Moore, David Chan, Tatiana Meleshko, Byron Chu Last June, Cybera’s data scientists took on a monumental task: to create [...]
Building Canada’s Digital Generation
Cybera and the Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) are proud to be participating in the new national CanCode program, announced today. This [...]
Summit 2017 archive page
Home Speakers Agenda Sponsors Thank you to everyone who attended the 2017 Cyber Summit! Cyber Summit 2017 focused on the issues surrounding [...]