SOMEONE. Cybersecurity fail. Banking for disasters.

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• Agence QMI, picked up by Le Journal de Montréal and TVA Nouvelles, writes about Concordia's SOcial Media EducatiON Every day (SOMEONE) initiative, established by a group of researchers led by Vivek Venkatesh, associate professor in the Department of Education. SOMEONE brings together research partners from across North America, including Concordia’s Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) to develop a web portal to serve those involved in promoting multiculturalism, counter-violence and prevention of extremism. The SOMEONE research initiative is also described in news releases on Noodls, Newswise and AMEQ en ligne.
• La Presse Canadienne and ISS Source join coverage of Concordia research that shows computer antivirus software may actually increase cybersecurity risks. The study was led by Mohammad Mannan, assistant professor in the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE), and PhD student Xavier de Carné de Carnavalet. 
• A release from the Autorité des Marchés Financiers announces funding for a Concordia research project led by Thomas Walker, associate professor of finance and interim director of the David O’Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise (DOCSE). The research initiative, supported through the Fonds pour l’éducation et la saine gouvernance (FESG), involves drafting new banking and financial rules for dealing with the aftermath of natural disasters. 

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