In the wake of the reported FBI probe into Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, here's a question: Could a government compel a domestic cybersecurity firm to ignore state-sponsored malware, or even add backdoors to its software or hardware products, without getting caught?
In the aftermath of the massive "NotPetya" malware outbreak that's been impacting organizations worldwide, Indian security experts detail immediate prevention and remediation techniques.
Target has reached a record settlement agreement with 47 states' attorneys general over its 2013 data breach. The breach resulted in hackers compromising 41 million customers' payment card details and contact details for more than 60 million customers being exposed.
The digital transformation in the APAC region is being driven significantly by mobility and cloud, and there is a need to recalibrate the approach to security to factor in the new realities, regulations and challenges, says IBM Security's Vaidyanathan Iyer.
It was good to see India's government agencies as well as organizations in various business sectors respond quickly to the WannaCry ransomware outbreak. Hopefully, this is a sign of things to come, because India still has lots of work to do when it comes to cybersecurity.
A focus on breach prevention and protecting the perimeter is outdated, so organizations need to shift to a focus on resiliency, says security thought leader Vishak Raman, former senior regional director for India and SAARC at FireEye.
So-called "trust attacks" aren't waged for financial gain. They're waged to compromise data, data integrity and to expose sensitive information. Why Darktrace CEO Nicole Eagan says trust attacks will be among our greatest IoT worries in 2017.
The ransomware epidemic can be compared to the earlier heyday of viruses, albeit it is costing enterprises and individuals serious money. Charanjit Sodhi of Nomura Services takes a deep dive into the tactics used today and how enterprises can effectively counter them.
Good news for Microsoft Windows users: The Equation Group exploit tools dumped this month by Shadow Brokers don't work against currently supported versions of Windows, largely thanks to patches Microsoft released in March. But who tipped off Microsoft?
An investigation into last year's attempted theft of $170 million at India's state-owned Union Bank has found strong similarities with the Bangladesh Central Bank heist, which was attributed to North Korea, and resulted in an $81 million loss.
Seasoned InfoSec leader Sapan Talwar discusses the differences within global organizational culture with respect to security and India, with specific emphasis on incident response and mobility, sharing his recommendations, insights.
The U.S. regulation that forbid ISPs from selling information about web activity without a customer's permission is gone. But it's still possible to maintain privacy on the Web even if prying eyes are watching.
With the rapid changes in the threat landscape and the risks introduced by DevOps, the cloud and other new elements, organizations need to have a continuous vulnerability assessment program as a security baseline, says Richard Bussiere of Tenable Network Security.
Organizations are shifting from an IT-driven to a business-driven approach to information security, with a focus on minimizing business disruption, says Kartik Shahani of RSA.
IRDAI's draft information and cybersecurity framework developed in collaboration with industry working groups is set to be finalized soon. The draft is fairly comprehensive and will set a serious tone for security at a board level, experts say.
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