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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...Information Technology, Network Security & Cybersecurity Updates
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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...
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As we enter a new decade, it is important to look back and learn from the decade that is about to end. From 2010 to 2019, cybersecurity moved at a furious pace. Threats erupted in multiple new vectors, spreading...
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Enterprise networks are susceptible to brutal intrusions – some of these intrusions could be in the form of systems on the network running unauthorized applications with vulnerabilities and backdoors. When such vulnerabilities are exploited, unsolicited access to the network...
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As the captain of the ship, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) plays a very important role in how an enterprise addresses cybersecurity issues and concerns. When the CEO provides a buy-in towards making enterprise security safer, it trickles down...
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With the advent of data protection regulations like the GDPR in the European Union, the Data Protection Bill in India and the POPI Act in South Africa, enterprises are turning to robust algorithms that build encryption solutions to keep...