By Aydin Farrokhi and Dr. Wael Hassan To highlight a few areas in which big data has helped to improve the organizational processes, the following are real examples worth mentioning. In education, some institutions have used big data to identify…
By Aydin Farrokhi and Dr. Wael Hassan Today, the public has remarkable power and reach by which they can share their news, and express their opinion, about any product or services or even react to an existing state of affairs, especially…
By Aydin Farrokhi and Dr. Wael Hassan In Canada data protection is regulated by both federal and provincial legislation. Organizations and other companies who capture and store personal information are subject to several laws in Canada. In the course of commercial…
Mark you calendars , October 1st 2017 Mandatory Breach Reporting Requirements kick in. THERE ARE 7 SITUATIONS WHERE YOU MUST NOTIFY THE ONTARIO PRIVACY COMMISSIONER OF A PRIVACY BREACH Use or disclosure without authority : Looking at a family member, a…
For better or for worse, for decades public figures ranging from celebrities to CEOs to politicians to athletes have been notoriously remembered for 10-or-15-second snippets of speech endlessly repeated as quotes in newspapers, snippets in television commercials or on news…
The rise of social media has immeasurable power. Whereas in the past, people would get their recent news updates from television or the radio, now it is regular, lay people (often in 140 characters or less) spreading the news. While…
A Presentation by Dr. Waël Hassan at Boston University School of Media & Communications Abstract: Companies who developed Success Criteria, established their Style, decided their Sources, Setup a business process, whilst they survey their results are winning big on social…
As the global uptake of social media continues to climb, a new outlet to target a wide range of demographics has emerged. While traditional forms of media such as print advertisements, billboards and networking have remained prominent in the past,…
Last Friday, the WannaCry cyberattack effected more than 300,000 computers, impacting thousands of businesses, hospitals and enterprises, across 153 countries by taking advantage of outdated versions of Windows that never had updated Microsoft's crucial security upgrades. With the increasing…
The daily life and economics of the global citizen depend each time more on a stable, secure, and resilient cyberspace. Even before was elected president, Donald Trump promised to make cybersecurity “an immediate and top priority for administration.” Yet, months…