10-5 - The Official Podcast of the OPP Association

Cyber Security Awareness Month

Episode Summary

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month in Canada and Detective Sergeant Vern Crowley joins the 10-5 Podcast to talk about the Ontario Provincial Police’s (OPP) Cyber Crime Investigative Unit and cyber security.

Episode Notes

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month in Canada and Detective Sergeant Vern Crowley joins the 10-5 Podcast to talk about the Ontario Provincial Police’s (OPP) Cyber Crime Investigative Unit, including the composition of the Unit, what types of crimes the Unit investigates (Cybercrimes vs Cyber Enabled Crimes), trends in cyber security investigations, prevention, resources for the public and tips on securing your phone and PC.

For additional information on Cyber Security Awareness Month and “Get Cyber Safe,” please visit https://www.getcybersafe.gc.ca/en/cyber-security-awareness-month

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security can be reached at https://cyber.gc.ca/en/

The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre can be reached at 1-888-495-8501 or https://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/index-eng.htm

The Cyber Security Ontario Learning Portal can be accessed at https://cybersecurityontario.ca/

The United States Government’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency webpage can be found at https://www.cisa.gov/

This episode of the 10-5 podcast is produced and hosted by Scott Mills and Joshua Jutras.

Music – “Line of Fire” by Jason Shaw available at Audionautix.com and used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

If you have any questions about this episode of the 10-5 Podcast, please email us at communications@oppa.ca