CANADIAN WESTERN BANK
“ With the inception of AI , ML and all of the things that we ’ re able to do with technology today , there ’ s a lot that can be prevented ”
— Cory Gould , CISO , Canadian Western Bank that can be prevented .” However , as technology grows more sophisticated , the most common vulnerability for an organization grows more obvious : the human element . According to Accenture ’ s report , “ Whether by accident or intent , many employees are often the root cause of successful cyberattacks .” While security systems and protocols can be updated and tweaked on a daily basis , Gould points out : “ You can ’ t patch humans . Humans are vulnerable , passionate and intellectual ; they don ’ t
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