Overview
As data breaches have shown in recent years, the dark web can be
utilized as a means to hack into organizations, compromising
millions of people's information. Often, the compromised
information is in turn sold for illicit purposes on the dark web.
Organizations must therefore be aware of the dark web threats and,
importantly, ensure that they have effective policies and
safeguards to prevent or respond to the risks of the dark web. This
is especially important at a time when Canadians are becoming
increasingly concerned about their privacy
The Three Layers of the Web
The web is divided into three layers: the surface web, the deep
web, and the dark web. Most of us are familiar with the surface
web, which consists of websites indexed by commercial search
engines (e.g., Google, Yahoo, Bing) that are
easily accessible. The deep web refers to content that cannot be
easily accessed, as it is not indexed by commercial search engines.
The deep web contains
