They want phones with top-tier security such as Silent Circle's Blackphone, CipherTalk, or the more controversial Phantom Secure BlackBerry.
"If we're going to build a top-tier security firm, we have to do things differently...
Richard Fadden, who holds the top-tier security job, was hand-picked by the prime minister and had formerly run Canada's main spy agency.
He has presented his work at top-tier academic security conferences as well as Black Hat, a premiere venue for industry security practitioners.
Expecting the unexpected in 2003, conservative investors should broaden their horizons and include some top-tier junk securities.
What investors are missing is that HCC's portfolios are conservatively invested, with the majority of its weightings in top-tier fixed-income securities, principally rated triple-A.
"It's clear that cyber security has risen to the top tier of security issues around the world," said Greg Rattray, chief internet security advisor to ICANN, the U.S. based organization that assigns Internet names.
"Privacy and security became top-tier important policy issues in Washington in 2012," said David A. Hoffman, director of security policy and global privacy officer at Intel.
From my direct experience with the CIBC Ivey competition, I can assure you that these competitions do attract top-tier talent, both in judges and entrants.
"There is a big difference in the level of security and best practices implemented when it comes to top-tier versus second- and third-tier certificate authorities," said Cecilia Lundin.
As top-tier contractors respond to attacks by improving their security, hackers are increasingly targeting a second tier of smaller defense firms with innovative military technology but little experience in protecting secrets.
