This program is pushing startups to plan for security sooner
This piece appeared in BetaKit on October 20, 2026. Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst’s Cyber for Startups is hosting virtual and in-person programs this fall. Startup founders spend plenty of time thinking about their product, customers, and capital. Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst wants security added to the top of that list. The Catalyst’s upcoming Cyber for Startups program […]
Good AI governance in practice: Why guardrails matter more than restrictions
This piece appeared in The AI Journal on September 24, 2026. By Katrina Lawrence is Senior Trainer & AI Practice Lead at Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst, Toronto Metropolitan University’s national centre for technology security. A few years ago, when generative AI first became widely accessible, there was enormous excitement around experimentation. For many organizations, the question […]
Your LinkedIn account is more valuable to cybercriminals than you think. Here’s how to check if someone else is already accessing it
This piece appeared in The Hamilton Spectator on September 22, 2026. Your LinkedIn account is one of the most prized social media accounts traded on the dark web marketplaces, according to data from cybersecurity company NordVPN. According to NordVPN’s dark web research that studied data from January 2025 to February 2026, stolen LinkedIn accounts are […]
AI’s Hiroshima moment may be near
This piece appeared in The Globe and Mail on September 14, 2026. As artificial intelligence (AI) proliferates in workplaces, there are different perceptions related to use of the tools. Toronto-based women’s networking group Monday Girl published research earlier this year that found only 36 per cent of women felt confident using AI compared with 52 […]
Networking group supports women through the AI shift
This piece appeared in The Globe and Mail on September 14, 2026. As artificial intelligence (AI) proliferates in workplaces, there are different perceptions related to use of the tools. Toronto-based women’s networking group Monday Girl published research earlier this year that found only 36 per cent of women felt confident using AI compared with 52 […]
LISTEN: Catalyst AI expert Katrina Lawrence on AI-powered fraud
The Catalyst Senior Trainer & AI Practice Lead, Katrina Lawrence, joined Neo Financial’s “The Get” podcast to break down how AI-powered phishing scams, deepfakes, and voice cloning are increasingly being used to target everyday Canadians. She also shares practical ways to verify what’s real, explains why every family should have an emergency security “code word,” […]
LISTEN: Catalyst’s Charles Finlay weighs in on recent Hugging Face incident
The Catalyst’s Founding Executive Director, Charles Finlay, joined CBC Radio on Thursday, March 5 for 10 interviews across the country including Vancouver, Quebec City, Regina, Whitehorse and more, to address the risk of cybersecurity attacks to critical infrastructure amid the war in Iran. Charles discusses the Canadian Centre for Cybersecurity’s warning that Iran could deploy […]
Experts call for greater oversight after OpenAI models go rogue and hack startup Hugging Face
This piece appeared in The Globe and Mail on July 22, 2026. OpenAI says a rogue agent powered by its technology hacked into the infrastructure of startup Hugging Face, an incident that experts say points to a need for greater regulatory oversight of how the cybersecurity capabilities of AI models are tested. The San Francisco-based […]
Cybersecurity without borders: Policy, tech and reality
This piece appeared in SJA (Security Journal Americas) on May 14, 2026. SJA hears from Judith Borts, Senior Director of Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst, Toronto Metropolitan University‘s national center for training, innovation and collaboration in cybersecurity. Ask anyone working in cybersecurity right now, and you’ll hear the same thing: it’s not just the volume of threats; it’s the […]
Cybersecurity’s A.I. Problem Isn’t Technology. It’s Human.
This piece first appeared in the Observer on April 30, 2026. Faster, smarter cyberattacks are exposing a deeper problem: human readiness is falling short. Artificial intelligence is not new to cybersecurity. The sector is one of A.I.’s earliest adopters. For years, defensive cybersecurity has relied on machine learning to identify anomalies, detect patterns and respond […]