October 26  |  Hybrid: Saint Mary’s University or Online  |  4:30pm Atlantic The David Sobey Centre for Innovation in Retailing & Services is delighted to host its annual Distinguished Retailer Speaker Series! We are thrilled to present Rachel Huckle, President & COO of Staples Canada, as our esteemed speaker. With her employee and customer-first approach to business, Rachel's leadership at Staples has been pivotal in delivering a seamless omnichannel retail experience. Discover the insights and expertise she brings to the ever-evolving retail landscape. Join us for an enlightening discussion where Rachel will be sharing her invaluable experience leading and motivating retail organizations as well as discussing her inspiring career journey that got her to where she is today. Stick around for a networking reception from 5:30pm - 6:30pm to meet Rachel Huckle. Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to gain insights from a retail industry leader and connect with fellow students and professionals. Reserve your seat today! Register Here

The digital age has brought about unparalleled convenience, connectivity, and opportunities. Yet, it also presents complex challenges in the realm of identity management and cybersecurity. Traditional perimeter-based security models are increasingly obsolete in today's hybrid digital environments. The rise of cloud services, IoT devices, and mobile workforces necessitates a fresh approach to identity protection and management. The evolving landscape has seen a shift towards identity-centric security frameworks, where understanding "who" is accessing "what" becomes central. With data breaches becoming more sophisticated and targeted, the importance of ensuring the right people have the right access to the right resources has never been more pronounced. In this session, we will delve deep into the intricate world of identity protection and management: The Evolution of Identity in Business: Understand how digital identities have evolved from simple username-password combinations to multi-faceted profiles involving biometrics, behavioral patterns, and more. Trends and Threats: A deep dive into the latest trends in identity management, from self-sovereign identities to decentralized systems, and the associated threats like identity theft, impersonation, and man-in-the-middle attacks. Moving Beyond Perimeters: Explore how businesses are shifting from perimeter-based defenses to identity-centric security models, emphasizing continuous authentication and authorization. Strategies for Robust Identity Security and […]

About the session With increasing numbers of high-profile identity security attacks hitting the headlines, it is crucial to consider how to safeguard your organization. In today's attacks, identities, especially those with significant privileges, play a central role as attackers focus on exploiting identities and using social engineering instead of relying on exploits and malware. Join BeyondTrust’s Chief Technology Officer, Marc Maiffret and Director of Research, James Maude as they break down some of the common Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) that have been observed in recent Identity and Identity Infrastructure attacks including those that led to the discovery by BeyondTrust that Okta’s Support Unit had been breached. In this session learn about: The growing importance of identity security in today's landscape Research findings on Mercury and Scattered Spider How BeyondTrust's proactive approach helped uncover the Okta Support Breach Okta post breach analysis – privileges and personal accounts Best practices for securing identity infrastructure, including FIDO2 and access policies Successfully navigating the challenges of identity security not only calls for tools that can provide visibility, control over identities and privileges, risk reduction, and threat detection, but also requires a shift within the organization to connect the realms of identity, access, and […]

Version control is the practice of managing and sharing changes to documents, programming code, websites or any other files to keep track of what’s been changed, by whom, when and why. All previous versions of files are saved and you can even revert to a previous version. Git is a version control software. Git-portal sites, like GitHub or GitLab, offer many useful features to facilitate collaborative development. This two-part series introduces participants to Git tools. The first session on November 21st focuses on version control. The second workshop on November 28th will explore using Git for collaborative development. Tuesday, November 21st, 1:00 - 4:30 pm (Atlantic time) ****************** This beginner level session will introduce you to Git. We will show you how to create a repository, record changes to files, explore and restore from the recorded history and how to resolve conflicts (when one member overwrites another’s changes). Attendees should have a computer (Windows, Linux or MacOS) on which they install Git before the workshop, following the instructions on https://carpentries.github.io/workshop-template/#git You will also need to sign up for a free GitHub account at https://github.com/ and know your username and password. Lesson Material: http://github-pages.ucl.ac.uk/git-novice/ This session will be delivered online. Participants must register using their institutional / organizational email address (not a […]

This session will focus on collaborative development workflows using Git-collaboration sites like GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket and will demonstrate how to work with branches, issue tracking, contribute to projects using pull-/merge-requests, code-review, how to run CI/CD-pipelines and use other common features of these platforms. Prerequisite to attending this workshop is a basic experience with using Git by: attending the session Version Control with Git on November 21, 2023; having attended the Version Control with Git lecture of any Software Carpentry workshop; or having hands-on experience with Git version control (i.e. being familiar with the Git commands: status, add, commit, checkout, log, diff, push, & pull). Attendees should have a computer (Windows, Linux or MacOS) on which they install Git before the workshop, following the instructions on https://carpentries.github.io/workshop-template/#git You will also need to sign up for a free GitHub account at https://github.com/ and know your username and password. Lesson Material: https://acenet-arc.github.io/git-collaboration/ This session will be delivered online. Participants must register using their institutional / organizational email address (not a personal email, i.e. gmail). Connection details for the session will be sent out beforehand only to those registered with institutional/organizational email addresses.

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