Page 18 - Cyber Security

End-to-end encryption isn't enough security for 'real people'

Blockchain technology might be able to help us secure our own endpoints, say computer experts

Over 27,000 cyber security incidents reported in H1 2017 to CERT-In: Govt

The incidents include phishing, website intrusions and defacements as well as ransomware attacks

India's power, industrial facilities warm up to cyber security systems

Industrial facilities in India, particularly the power sector, are showing early signs of higher demand for cyber security systems as operations increasingly turn digital. Engineering companies say such systems are mostly being provided now as an added service in the operations and maintenance segment."Awareness about cyber security has increased in industries and power utilities in recent years. This has been driven by the increasing integration of information technology and the Internet of Things in an age of connected devices and the energy revolution. While it is still too early to speak about volumes of such opportunities, the way the industry and utilities are moving forward, the range of play will only increase," said Akilur Rahman, chief technology officer at ABB India.Last week, Siemens India said it would provide cyber security solutions for CLP India's power plant automation system. This was not the sole instance. "As you go for digitalisation, as more and more become ...

Is cyber security on your board's agenda?

Companies view it as an IT issue, not a business one

NIIF ready to provide last mile funding to stressed projects

Govt proposed a separate financial computer emergency response team

Indian CEOs high on breaching information security protocols

Eighty three per cent Chief Information Security officers (CISO) in India believe that their CEOs have breached information security protocols says a new Symantec survey. On a brighter note more Indian companies are encrypting their cloud data than the global average, said the report.The survey covered 100 CISOs across India and 1100 CISOs globally. Tarun Kaura, Director - Product Management of Symantec (Asia Pacific) says, "Tracking unsanctioned applications and the visibility of data within the cloud is a major challenge for enterprises."Kaura added that WannaCry definitely wasn't the biggest attack in the recent past ranking the Dyn network attack that crippled Netflix and Twitter as well as the cyber heist of Bangladesh's central bank last year much higher on the scale. "WannaCry came at a time when people were a lot more aware and it affected people in multiple industries which is why it received so much focus, " he said.A study by the Cloud Security Alliance (2016 November) ...

What you need to know about India's first cyber security start-up

Cyber security is a $70 bn industry worldwide; loss due to cyber crime, cyber threats put at $400 bn

This startup builder tackles cyber security with army experience

Cyber security has always been one of the more obscure topics of the tech industry

New exec order on cyber security highlights protection of key industries

Cyber security is ultimately an exercise in risk management

Your password is terrible and everyone wants to fix that

Lloyds Banking Group announced in April that it would trial Microsoft's Windows Hello technology

Now, get a master's in cyber security, data science at Manipal University

Envisages solving sector specific big data problems, developing knowledge, complex problems

Better cyber security reporting

To begin with, an understanding of the types of cyber incidents is necessary

Cabinet approves MoU with US Homeland Department on cyber security

The US and India also signed a MoU in 2011 for timely exchange of information

Cybersecurity for companies? Active management, not defence, is the key

Managers must think in new ways about data, communications, and business law

China seeks global support for cyber sovereignty framework

Officials unveiled China's first cyber policy paper in Beijing

Should cybersecurity be a human right?

Current international human rights law includes many principles that apply to cybersecurity

Banks rush to buy cyber security cover as digital payments rise

This is despite the fact that the industry base for cyber insurance is currently as low as Rs 60 cr

Govt to soon set up cyber security operations centre: Ravi Shankar Prasad

The minister further said that a data centre for cloud would also be established in Bhopal

Threats persist despite rise in India Inc spending on cyber security: Study

The 69% of the surveyed reported an increase in their cyber security budgets over the last 12 months

DSCI, Lockheed Martin launch cybersecurity portal CyberAware

CyberAware includes computer-based training modules on cyber threats and internet security awareness