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Use of Phishing emails is not new for cyber-attack and is still one of the classic strategies to compromise a victim’s machine. Cyber criminals lure victims to open email attachments (mostly Doc and XLS files) by faking them to...Information Technology, Network Security & Cybersecurity Updates
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The recent cyber-attack on Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) has been confirmed by the officials and yet again security of critical infrastructure has become the talk of the cyber world. The officials mentioned that there is no damage to...
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According to Gartner’s Top 7 Security and Risk Trends 2019 report, a renewed interest towards excelling Security Operation Centres (SOCs) has been considered as among the top two new trends of the year. The evolution of the Security Operations...
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Data is the currency of this generation. No longer is this truth more evident than in the fact that countries all over the world are instituting data protection laws to prevent unsolicited disclosure or misuse of information about individuals....
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The usage of artificial intelligence (AI) promises to be a game-changer for cybersecurity. The threat of cyber attacks and their consequences continue to loom large – in India, a report found that 37% of companies experienced a downtime of...
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A generation ago, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) role rarely existed in enterprises and even if it did, it only existed in large to very large organizations. Even here CISOs were mostly system administrators dealing mainly with IT-related...
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American market research giant Forrester estimated in 2017 that the value of the public cloud market would reach at least $191 billion by 2020. This surge in the valuation is driven by the growing acceptance of cloud computing by...
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Organizations and the people who run them are slowly perceiving cybersecurity to be a slightly different ball game than information security. As global organizations grapple with cyber threats and aim to keep their enterprises safe from malware, hackers and...
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A shift to prioritize data security investments through a Data Security Governance Framework (DSGF) was among the top seven security and risk management trends identified by global research & advisory firm Gartner in 2019. Breaking it down, the report...
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The term ‘kill chain’ originated in the military as a concept to outline and define each stage of an attack. It has found its way into cybersecurity as well as a means to understand the structure of a cyber...