Ep. 60: Hacking Cities: Living Through a Ransomware Attack

This week our host Edward Greenspon (President and CEO of PPF) chats with Aron Feuer (Managing Director of Cybersecurity at Valencia) and Brad Brookman (former Director of Finance and Treasurer at the Municipality of North Grenville) about the landscape of cyberattacks and ransomware attacks in Canada. They discuss the cyberattack in North Grenville, the targeting of public sector institutions across Canada and the role of cryptocurrency in ransomware attacks. The discussion concluded by stressing the importance of preparedness as a policy response. Check out Canadian Centre for Cyber Security's <a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcyber.gc.ca%2Fen%2Fransomware&data=04%7C01%7CKDavey%40ppforum.ca%7C9a1d84d7ea5d4624936308d9da9defd1%7C8f701275f05644f3887d962107ee0855%7C1%7C0%7C637781194212710688%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=n36frRN1ZmYNE6HTvZ8znA%2B0SR9x9CB3%2FFPGdyrGEtU%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL: https://cyber.gc.ca/en/ransomware Click to follow link.&quot;&gt;Ransomware Playbook to learn more. During Today in Policy, Katie and Edward discuss the ongoing debates surrounding repairing the Prime Minister’s residence at 24 Sussex Drive and Premier Legault’s proposed “Vax Tax”, a measure to increase vaccination rates in the province of Quebec. They also touch on two reports PPF recently released including New North Star 3 which looks at innovation policy in Canada and <a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fppforum.ca%2Fpublications%2Fdebating-the-right-balances-for-privacy-law-in-canada%2F&data=04%7C01%7CKDavey%40ppforum.ca%7C9fa40181c97f468dbb9808d9dbba7bc6%7C8f701275f05644f3887d962107ee0855%7C1%7C0%7C637782416253124677%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=yJTjNV9Jif1WNbroeCtl5fWtLBAegXKhHdjjcYw3SzQ%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL: https://ppforum.ca/publications/debating-the-right-balances-for-privacy-law-in-canada/ Click to follow link.&quot;&gt;Debating the Right Balances for Privacy Law in Canada which reflects on discussions around modernizing national privacy law. This episode included a #PPFProud shout out to the Business Development Bank of Canada for incorporating diversity, equality and inclusion values into its programming and providing better financial support and financing opportunities to underrepresented entrepreneurs in Ontario.