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Bruce Schneier Joins Gutsy as Strategic Advisor

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Thursday, February 22, 2024
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BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Gutsy, the first security governance platform to apply process mining to cybersecurity, today announced the appointment of Bruce Schneier as a strategic advisor. Few have been as instrumental in shaping cybersecurity technology and policy as Schneier. In his role, he will be helping Gutsy redefine how people, process, and technology intersect in security governance and how Gutsy can help security leaders deliver better security outcomes for their organizations.

Key Points: 
  • BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Gutsy , the first security governance platform to apply process mining to cybersecurity, today announced the appointment of Bruce Schneier as a strategic advisor.
  • In his role, he will be helping Gutsy redefine how people, process, and technology intersect in security governance and how Gutsy can help security leaders deliver better security outcomes for their organizations.
  • "Nearly 25 years ago, Bruce wrote an essay, 'The Process of Security,' that discussed the essential role of process to good security," said John Morello, CTO and co-founder, Gutsy.
  • We're proud to be working with Bruce to learn from his decades of experience critically thinking about, writing about, and influencing cybersecurity."

Trolling and doxxing: Graduate students sharing their research online speak out about hate

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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Graduate students are especially vulnerable to online hate, because cultivating a visible social media presence is considered essential for mobilizing their research, gaining credibility and finding opportunities as they prepare to compete in an over-saturated job market.

Key Points: 
  • Graduate students are especially vulnerable to online hate, because cultivating a visible social media presence is considered essential for mobilizing their research, gaining credibility and finding opportunities as they prepare to compete in an over-saturated job market.
  • Our research has examined the experiences of graduate students who have encountered online hate while conducting their research or disseminating it online, and a wider landscape of university protocol and policies.

New policies needed to support researchers

  • Research by communications scholars George Veletsianos and Jaigris Hodson, who are part of the Public Scholarship and Online Abuse research group, finds that scholars online may be targeted for a range of reasons, but “women in particular are harassed partly because they happen to be women who dare to be public online.” Online hatred disproportionately affects women, Black, Indigenous, racialized, queer, trans and other marginalized scholars.
  • New frameworks and policies are required that protect and care for increasingly diverse academic communities to foster equity and diversity.

Impacts and inadequate support

  • Online harassment restricts which research projects are able to proceed and who is able to pursue them.
  • It affects not only researchers’ well-being and career prospects, but by extention, their fields of study and members of the public served by it.

Lack of clear and accessible structures, procedures

  • Ketchum addresses challenges related to public scholarship in her book Engage in Public Scholarship!
  • Without clear structures and procedures for reporting harassment and supporting community members at an institutional level, harassment is treated by universities as isolated incidents without grasping the scale of the issue.

‘Bearing Witness’

  • We have facilitated a number of workshops and events that foreground experiences of online harassment among graduate students.
  • This work has been done with support from the Institute for Research on Digital Literacies, under the direction of Natalie Coulter.

Researcher experiences of harassment

  • Participants also said research methods seminars, research ethics board certification courses and conversations with supervisory committees had not addressed the possibility of encountering online harassment.
  • The online harassment students encountered also derailed or significantly curtailed their research projects.

Resources to help protect from harassment

  • There are many online resources graduate students can consult to protect themselves from online harassment.
  • Resources from PEN America and gaming communities provide cybersecurity tips to prevent doxxing, assess threats and report harassment to platforms and law enforcement.

Important work begins with witness

  • This important work must begin with institutions bearing witness to graduate students’ experiences.
  • University staff and faculty must listen to individual voices so that the issue of online harassment can be understood in its full scale and complexity.


Alex Borkowski receives funding from SSHRC. Natalie Coulter receives funding from SSHRC, as well as from internal grants at York University. Marion Tempest Grant does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

iFLYTEK provides automatic speech translators for the Chengdu Summer World University Games

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023
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CHENGDU, China, Aug. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The FISU Chengdu Summer University Games were held July 28-August 8 with iFLYTEK as the official translator sponsor.

Key Points: 
  • CHENGDU, China, Aug. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The FISU Chengdu Summer University Games were held July 28-August 8 with iFLYTEK as the official translator sponsor.
  • The Chengdu Summer World University Games is a gathering for university students from all over the world to exchange ideas, perform at their best, challenge their limits, and realize their dreams.
  • Athletes from all over the world competed in 269 medal events across 18 sports disciplines.
  • Through these new technologies, such as neural network machine translation, speech recognition, semantic understanding, speech synthesis, four microphone arrays, online translation, text transcription, and speech synthesis services in 83 languages were provided during the University Games to realize the "First World University Games with Accessible Communication."

WISI and Enghouse Networks Partner to Offer ABR Receiver Solution for Bulk and Commercial Customers

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Friday, July 28, 2023
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- WISI, a global leader in carrier-grade video technologies, and Enghouse Networks, a global provider of IP-based TV solutions, are excited to announce their strategic partnership in offering WISI's new ABR (Adaptive Bitrate) Receiver solution with Google Widevine bulk decrypt to video operators. This collaboration aims to address the needs of bulk and commercial customers who have legacy end points within IP-based network environments.

Key Points: 
  • WISI and Enghouse Networks are excited to announce their strategic partnership in offering WISI's new ABR Receiver solution with Google Widevine bulk decrypt to video operators.
  • This collaboration aims to address the needs of bulk and commercial customers who have legacy end points within IP-based network environments.
  • As operators upgrade their networks, they also need to continue supporting TV delivery services for bulk and commercial customers.
  • For more information about Enghouse Networks, please visit EspialTV solution page and Enghouse Networks' website.

Enghouse Networks and WISI Partner to Offer ABR Receiver Solution for Bulk and Commercial Customers

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Friday, July 28, 2023
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This collaboration aims to address the needs of bulk and commercial customers who have legacy end points within IP-based network environments.

Key Points: 
  • This collaboration aims to address the needs of bulk and commercial customers who have legacy end points within IP-based network environments.
  • As operators upgrade their networks, they also need to continue supporting TV delivery services for bulk and commercial customers.
  • For more information on this new solution, view WISI's solution page for the ABR Receiver.
  • For more information about Enghouse Networks, please visit EspialTV solution page and Enghouse Networks' website .

Enghouse Networks and WISI Partner to Offer ABR Receiver Solution for Bulk and Commercial Customers

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Friday, July 28, 2023
Product management, Prison, Partnership, DOCSIS, Access Communications, University, ABR, Adaptive bitrate streaming, QAM, IP, Inca Empire, Organization, Access, IPTV, Mobile phone, Cable television, Online shopping

This collaboration aims to address the needs of bulk and commercial customers who have legacy end points within IP-based network environments.

Key Points: 
  • This collaboration aims to address the needs of bulk and commercial customers who have legacy end points within IP-based network environments.
  • As operators upgrade their networks, they also need to continue supporting TV delivery services for bulk and commercial customers.
  • For more information on this new solution, view WISI's solution page for the ABR Receiver.
  • For more information about Enghouse Networks, please visit EspialTV solution page and Enghouse Networks' website .

Making the Trans Canada Trail Safe and Accessible for People of All Abilities

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Friday, May 26, 2023
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Trans Canada Trail’s Accessibility Mapping Program, started in 2020 to share information and improve accessibility on the Trail, works with trail users with disabilities to collect and disseminate information through AccessNow technology.

Key Points: 
  • Trans Canada Trail’s Accessibility Mapping Program, started in 2020 to share information and improve accessibility on the Trail, works with trail users with disabilities to collect and disseminate information through AccessNow technology.
  • Trail users in 54 communities, across every province and territory, can now obtain accessibility information for at least one trail in their area.
  • “We have adopted a lived-experience approach to assess and communicate the current accessibility of the Trans Canada Trail so people can make informed decisions.
  • Equally important, the program provides essential feedback to local trail groups and municipalities regarding any changes they need to make to improve accessibility on the Trail,” says Eleanor McMahon, President & CEO of Trans Canada Trail.

Blackline Safety and Access Technology Group Partner for Confined Space Monitoring

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Wednesday, May 25, 2022
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Blackline Safety Corp. (TSX: BLN) ("Blackline" or "Blackline Safety"), a global leader in connected safety technology, today announced it has partnered with Access Technology Group , a Dutch innovator in digital shutdowns and turnarounds, to integrate Blacklines G7 EXO portable area gas monitors with Access Technologys VISICS Digital Confined Space Monitoring system.

Key Points: 
  • Blackline Safety Corp. (TSX: BLN) ("Blackline" or "Blackline Safety"), a global leader in connected safety technology, today announced it has partnered with Access Technology Group , a Dutch innovator in digital shutdowns and turnarounds, to integrate Blacklines G7 EXO portable area gas monitors with Access Technologys VISICS Digital Confined Space Monitoring system.
  • Minimizing risks starts with knowing whos inside a confined space, for how long, and monitoring the atmospheric conditions within it.
  • Blackline Safety has a loyal client base which we are now happily able to serve during confined space monitoring work, Slegers added.
  • Blackline Safety worked with Access Technology Group and its North American distribution partner, InfoSignal , to develop an EXO hard-wired data interface to deliver real-time gas readings into the VISICS network.

Government of Canada announces affordable high-speed Internet to help connect low-income families and seniors

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Monday, April 4, 2022
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Through the Connecting Families initiative, the Government of Canada, in partnership with 14 Internet service providers (ISP), is supporting affordable high-speed Internet for those who need it most.

Key Points: 
  • Through the Connecting Families initiative, the Government of Canada, in partnership with 14 Internet service providers (ISP), is supporting affordable high-speed Internet for those who need it most.
  • In partnership with 14 participating ISPs across the country that are voluntarily contributing to the initiative by offering $20 a month high-speed Internet services, the Government of Canada will help connect hundreds of thousands of low-income families and seniors to affordable high-speed Internet.
  • By working closely with Internet service providers across the country, we are increasing accessibility and providing all Canadians with affordable and reliable Internet."
  • Providing low-income seniors with affordable access to high-speed Internet service will make a tremendous difference in their everyday lives.

Intuit QuickBooks Kicks Off Integrated Campaign Spotlighting “Early Start” Entrepreneurs

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Wednesday, January 5, 2022
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The U.S. and Canadian QuickBooks campaign is a multi-channel, integrated effort focused on the duality of small business ownership that many experience when they pursue their passions.

Key Points: 
  • The U.S. and Canadian QuickBooks campaign is a multi-channel, integrated effort focused on the duality of small business ownership that many experience when they pursue their passions.
  • The QuickBooks Early Start campaign demonstrates this duality by spotlighting candid stories from small business owners who possess the tenacity and drive that goes into starting a business while also highlighting how the QuickBooks platform can help them grow and succeed from day one.
  • A comprehensive social media campaign that features elements of the ad campaign as well as newly-created content aimed to inspire early start businesses.
  • This Early Start campaign was created in partnership with Intuit QuickBooks creative agency of record TBWA\Chiat\Day LA and other agencies, including Critical Mass, Collectively, Access Communications and Initiative.