Page 15 - Cybersecurity

India operation to be among top 3 markets in few years: Trend Micro

Japanese cybersecurity giant Trend Micro on Wednesday said its India operation will become one of its top three markets in the world in the next 2-3 years. The company plans to focus on extended detection and response (XDR) and cloud business to achieve the goal, a top official said. "We are now among the top five markets in our global operations. In the next 2-3 years, we aim at becoming one of the top three markets for our parent company," Trend Micro technical director for India & SAARC Sharda Tickoo said. Trend Micro India, a subsidiary of the USD 2-billion cybersecurity major, recently acquired Bengaluru-based Anlyz, a leading provider of security operations centre (SOC) technology, to expand its research and development capabilities in the country. With this acquisition, the company's R&D strength has been expanded to approximately 75 professionals, the official said. It has global R&D centres spread across multiple locations, including East and Southeast Asia, ...

67% of firms to outsource key cybersecurity functions as attacks spike

About 67% of Indian enterprises are looking at outsourcing key areas of their security landscape to manage security service providers (MSSPs) in the next three years, according to a new IDC report

47% of Indian CSPs now prioritise upgrading firewalls as hacking rises

The report found that 100 per cent of the Indian service providers expect to see traffic volumes rise in the next 2-3 years

Lithuania offers biz opportunities for Indian firms, fintech in focus

The Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to India, Diana Mickeviciene, on Friday stated that her country is focusing on sectors such as biotechnology, cybersecurity, and fintech and is seeking greater bilateral ties with India, a country with which it shares a strong trade relationship. The European nation also has the potential to become a hub for tea and textiles in that continent. Speaking at an interactive session with CII, Mickeviiene noted that Darjeeling tea and India's textiles are highly popular in Lithuania, pointing to significant business opportunities for Indian companies to set up hubs in her country and export to other European nations. She said that Lithuania's focus is on specific industries, such as IoTs, biotechnology, cybersecurity, and fintech. Mickeviciene mentioned that biotechnology will be the new star in the economy of Lithuania. She highlighted the country's partnership with Tata Consultancy Services for two projects in biometrics (Aadhaar). The dipl

EU proposes tougher cybersecurity labelling for Amazon, Google, MS

While the new provisions underscore EU concerns of interference from non-EU states, they are likely to spark criticism from US tech giants worried about being shut out from the European market

India witnesses 18% surge in weekly cyber attacks in Jan-Mar 2023: Report

While the global weekly attacks saw an increase of seven per cent during the reported quarter versus the same quarter last year with each organisation facing an average of 1,248 attacks per week

Govt working on quality standards of drones, to ensure cybersecurity

The government has said that quality standards on drones are under development, and once ready, will ensure cyber security

Apple releases first 'rapid security' patch to address cybersecurity gaps

Apple has released its first batch of publicly available "rapid security" patches, which are specifically designed to address security vulnerabilities

Ethical hacking training institutes log into Digital India dreams

Rise in cyberattacks, shortage of cybersecurity experts is spawning an ecosystem

HCLTech wins digital transformation deal from Heubach Group

HCLTech will deliver an IT system for Heubach Group across 11 countries to include deployment of hybrid cloud, cybersecurity solutions, and end-user services and secure networks

How Japan's cybersecurity nightmare is everyone else's problem too

But while Japan might be an extreme example of such vulnerabilities, it is far from the only country at risk

3.1 mn jobs shortfall in cybersecurity, skill shortage hits Indian firms

The '2023 Global Cybersecurity Skills Gap Report' also found that 24 per cent of Indian organisations experienced five or more breaches

98% senior IT leaders struggle with increasing cloud complexity: Report

Top challenges in optimising multi-cloud environment are lower in the US, UK, India, finds NetApp

Cyber incidents up 3.5x since 2019, nearly 4,000 a day in 2022

In 2022, cyber attacks on government agencies more than doubled to nearly 200,000

TikTok to be blocked from parliamentary devices, networks in UK: Report

The commissions of the House of Commons and House of Lords have announced they will follow the move taken by the government on official devices, citing the need for cyber security

RBI to start new data centre, governor stresses on tech, cybersecurity role

Shaktikanta Das lays foundation of the new greenfield data centre and enterprise computing and cybersecurity training institute in Bhubaneshwar

24% of companies surveyed in India ready to defend cybersecurity threats

Just 24 per cent of organisations surveyed in India have the 'mature' level of readiness needed to be resilient against the modern cybersecurity risks, according to a new Cisco study released on Tuesday. Cisco, in a separate announcement, said it aims to train 500,000 cybersecurity professionals over 3 years across India. Cisco's first-ever Cybersecurity Readiness Index highlighted where businesses are doing well and where cybersecurity readiness gaps will widen if global business and security leaders don't take action. Underlining that readiness is critical, the Cisco study revealed that 90 per cent respondents said they expect a cybersecurity incident to disrupt their business in the next 12 to 24 months. India scored high in the global chart in terms of maturity (24 per cent), performing above the global average of 15 per cent on cybersecurity readiness. About 38 per cent of companies in India fall into the beginner or formative stages. Conducted by an independent third-party,

Gang of 4 cyber cheats busted in Delhi for selling products on fake website

The gang used to dupe victims by offering articles on discount by using fake websites created in the name of leading Company Montblanc Simplo GMBH

Deakin University to start PG courses in cyber security, business analytics

Initial size of international branch campus to be 25,000 sq ft for a batch of 60 students each for the two programs

UIDAI rolls out AI-based security mechanism for fingerprint authentication

The new two-factor/layer authentication has added extra checks to validate the genuineness (liveness) of the fingerprint to further cut down the chances of spoofing attempts