Accenture calls for nominations for Innovation Jockeys contest

Consulting major Accenture today said it has in partnership with Yahoo India, opened the registration for third season of the contest Innovation Jockeys: The Hunt for India's most Innovative Minds.
Undergraduate, graduate and post graduate students across India can submit innovative ideas for using technology to transform India, Accenture said in a release.
This year's contest will focus on disruptive technology innovations related to the themes Internet of Things and Digital Government, it added.
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Hyderabad international airport honoured by global body * The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), operated by a GMR Group firm, has been honoured for being one of the top airports in the world.

RGIA, operated by GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIAL), has been honoured with the 'ACI Director General's Roll of Excellence' award by the Airport Council International (ACI).

The award has been conferred in recognition of the airport being in the top three airports in the world for five consecutive years. With this, RGIA has now become the only airport in India to have received the distinction, GMR said in a statement here today.
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Palo Alto Networks shines spot light on Cyber threats * Enterprise security solutions firm Palo Alto Networks today launched a research on how attackers exploit commonly used business applications to bypass security controls.

The research also provides helpful insight into how business leaders and security practitioners need to reassess and strengthen their security posture, Palo Alto said in a release.
The findings are based on analysis of traffic data collected from 5,500 network assessments and billions of threat logs over a 12-month span, it added.
Common sharing applications such as e-mail, social media, and video remain favored vehicles for delivering attacks but are often the start of multi-phased attacks rather than the focus of threat activity, the report said.