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Dr. Ali Dehghantanha Says Canadian Farms Must Prep for Cyberattacks

In some industries, a cybersecurity professional has about an hour to prevent significant business damage. Farmers, however, might have just 15 minutes, the U of G professor and Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence has learned.

“”We found if we are not responding within that time,” he says, “hackers could cause a power outage in the farm, which could cause livestock to die.”

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Alliance advances cybersecurity in the dairy sector

A slow-burning conversation ignited this spring as researchers, technology companies and agri-food experts came together through multiple events to shape the future of cybersecurity in the agri-food sector.

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