A presentation by a Lethbridge-based technology company had city councillors excited during this week’s public meeting, and led to a resolution to support the idea of investigating the potential for secure electronic voting for the 2025 municipal elections. Veras Technologies Inc. president and CEO Peter Hurd-Watler hoped to underscore for council the immense possibilities of using blockchain technology to vote in municipal elections, and to conduct community engagement surveys and other forms of polling, in a way which was completely secure, costs less than other forms of voting, and had quickly available and viewable results. And while, he admitted, his company was not ready to take on a municipal election just yet, Hurd-Watler hoped the City of Lethbridge would help support a pilot study program on some other forms of public engagement which could show his company’s technology works as advertised.
iTWire Wednesday, 19 May 2021 10:32 Fortinet beefs up its security solution
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Fortinet amplifies its security solution, FortiEDR, to protect businesses and organisations from high profile cyberattacks and thwart ransomware. Fortinet says FortiEDR is the only solution built as “unified solution” from the time it was created.
Fortinet enhances its FortiEDR, a security solution whose customer adoption continues to grow. These include new Mitre Att&ck tags for system activity, new managed detection and response (MDR) service options, and the recently announced extended detection and response (XDR) capability.
John Maddison, Fortinet executive vice president of products and chief product officer, on what makes Fortinet different: “Unlike traditional Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) products that bolt on Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), or first generation EDR solutions that add EPP later, FortiEDR is the only solution that was built as a unified
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The future of Edmonton’s Chinatown is in peril as the effects of COVID-19 continue to batter the community already grappling with safety issues and a large homeless population before the pandemic even struck.
A report presented by the Chinatown Transformation Collaborative Society of Edmonton (CTCYEG) to city council on Monday highlighted some of the challenges the area is facing, including crime and cleanliness. The report says Chinatown’s future is uncertain as the area has not kept up with the city’s growth.
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The future of Edmonton’s Chinatown is in peril as the effects of COVID-19 continue to batter the community already grappling with safety issues and a large homeless population before the pandemic even struck.
A report presented by the Chinatown Transformation Collaborative Society of Edmonton (CTCYEG) to city council on Monday highlighted some of the challenges the area is facing, including crime and cleanliness. The report says Chinatown’s future is uncertain as the area has not kept up with the city’s growth.
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