Technology
Cybersecurity
Concert Facts
Tech History
Bonus - Fun Facts
100

This term describes the invisible part of the internet not indexed by standard search engines.

What is the Deep Web?

100

The term for a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules.  

What is a Firewall

100

What year was Concert Properties Ltd founded?

What is 1989?

100

This handheld device, released in 1996, was a precursor to smartphones.

What is the Palm Pilot?

100

Has the longest commute from home to the office.

Who is Sharaf 

Nanaimo to Vancouver

200

The language primarily used for developing Apple's iOS and macOS applications.

What is Swift

200

Malware designed to take control of a computer system and demand a ransome.

What is Ransomware

200

The Mayor who become Premier of BC, that partnered with Concert (aka VLC) to create Concert's first affordable rental housing. 

Who is Gordon Campbell

200

This app, launched in 2010, made disappearing messages a trend.

What is Snapchat?

200

Serves as an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces

Who is Hardeep

300

This system is used to manage data pipelines and reporting environments at Concert.

What is Azure Data Factory

300

This type of attack tricks users into revealing sensitive information by pretending to be a trustworthy source.

What is phishing

300

This guiding principle is one of the three original pillars of Concert’s founding: deliver returns, create jobs, and ___.

What is give back to the community?


300

This tech company’s motto was once “Don’t be evil.”

What is Google?

300

Their daughter interned at Concert in the IST Department.

Who is Jerry


400

This type of memory is volatile and loses its contents when power is turned off.

What is RAM - Random Access Memory

400

This type of attack involves intercepting communication between two parties to steal or alter data.

What is a man-in-the-middle attack

400

Certain boardrooms at Van HO are named after individuals who held this role within the organization.

Who are The founding partners.


Poole, Podmore, Patzer, Clarke and Wazny

400

This open-source operating system was created by Linus Torvalds in 1991.

What is Linux?

400

Is currently reading their way through a series of classic mystery novels with a goal to read 12 this year.

Who is Vidhu

500

The most popular programming language in the world

What is Python

500

The current most common type of Cyber attack in Canada.

What is ransomware.  

500

The number of pension funds and institutional investors that own Concert Properties.

What is 49

500

This is the year the first iPhone was introduced

What is 2007

500

Was the guitarist in a band in their earlier years before joining Concert. 

Who is Adam 

600

This decentralized technology underpins cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.

What is Blockchain?

600

Is considered to be the most sophisticated and active cyber threat to Canada.

Who is the PRC.

The People's Repuplic of China

600

This 58-storey mixed-use development in Toronto is Concert’s tallest building to date.

What is 88 Scott

600

This company introduced the first commercial microprocessor

Who is Intel

600

Made it down the local ski runs 50+ times this past winter.

Who is Andrej