Cyber insurance only defence against crooks: Councillor

Reports of ransomware attacks in southern Ontario that cost Midland and Wasaga Beach thousands of dollars in recent months have left Prince Township councillors grappling with the question of whether to purchase cyber insurance.
Coun. Michael Matthews stressed at the October council meeting that cyber insurance was a municipality’s only defence when cyber criminals struck.
Matthews, who chaired a session on cyber security at the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities Annual Conferen