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Webinar: Future Series: Cybersecurity And Ransomware Trends

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Fasken's Privacy and Cybersecurity Group invites you to join us to discuss cybersecurity and ransomware trends in Canada and abroad.

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Fasken's Privacy and Cybersecurity Group invites you to join us to discuss cybersecurity and ransomware trends in Canada and abroad.

Specific topics include:

- Increasing ransom demands and payments
- Status update on cyber attacks
- Heightened sanctions concerns
- Service provider incidents
- Boards of directors increasingly focused on cyber risk
- Notification of confidentiality incidents in Québec
- Recent Draft Bills C-26 and C-27 with impact on protection of personal information and cybersecurity

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