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Thanks to popular culture, the image of a hacker has often become stereotypical, which is ‘criminals using advanced cyber techniques to infiltrate enterprises or systems, with the intention to cause mayhem.’ It’s an image carefully cultivated by movies and...
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Enterprises mainly use two types of systems to deal with network intrusions – Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention System (IPS). While the two systems are primarily similar, it is important to understand the major aspects which distinguish...
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Network forensics refers to a branch of digital forensics, chiefly involved with the collection and analysis of network traffic for the purpose of understanding evidence about cybercrimes for preventing it. A report from the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity...
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The digital modern battlefield has proven time-and-again that cyberattacks, just like tanks and guns, are one of the biggest weapons that a country possesses to wage a war. All over the world, nation-states are surreptitiously or, in some cases,...
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As implied in the name itself, Man In The Middle Attack is a type of attack where a illegal person tries to intercept the communication between two parties. Either to secretly overhear or to steal the critical data being...
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Strategic planning and performance reviews have always been an important component for the c-suite and members of the board. Adding on to their responsibilities, now, cybersecurity has also become an essential part of the conversation that enterprise stakeholders have,...
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Cybersecurity has had a heightened impact in 2019, made visible by the growing responsibilities of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). A decade back, cybersecurity was a function looked at by Chief Information Officers and IT teams. However, cybersecurity...
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The board of directors provide good governance and build a strategy for the enterprise. The successful running and well-being of a business often depend on the vision and direction provided by a competent board as they decide and execute...
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In 2015, the Government of India established a first of sorts – they created a chief cybersecurity officer position under the Prime Minister’s Office. Dr Gulshan Rai became the special secretary for cybersecurity and after serving four years in...
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The global research and advisory firm Gartner estimated that worldwide information security spending would exceed $124 billion in 2019. The reason for such spending in information security is justified when one looks at the consequences of ignoring the risk...