Winnipeg Free Press: ‘It’s getting kind of crazy out there’ Cybersecurity spending spikes as Canadian businesses face rising challenges: report

The largest cybersecurity cost for businesses last year was employee salaries related to prevention and detection, StatCan found.

Computer science pupils studying cybersecurity are “very popular choices” for employers, said Kathy Knight, Director of the James W. Burns Executive Education Centre at the University of Manitoba’s Asper School of Business.

Asper plans to launch a cybersecurity program for non-tech leaders in 2025. The curriculum will include how to create a “cybersecurity mindset” within organizations, Knight outlined.

“All (employees) have a role to play in cybersecurity,” she said. “It is the human factor that is the biggest risk.”

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