OTTAWA—As a federal election approaches, Microsoft is offering advanced online threat-detection tools to Canadian political candidates and parties to shore up their cyberdefences. Microsoft is offering its AccountGuard free to Canadian political officials, campaigns and related organizations in an attempt to prevent interference in the coming election. The company is also offering practical guidance to help make those officials’ networks and email systems more secure. retreat That can open the door to data theft or stolen emails that may be used for damaging leaks or extortion. The protocol is part of a series of measures aimed at preventing interference in the election.

Source: thestar February 08, 2019 21:45 UTC