As cyber security threats become more frequent and sophisticated, representatives of Indian IT security firms have asked Centre to encourage use of indigenously developed solutions and services to cut down on possible security lapses in foreign products and softwares. China has already stopped sourcing products and softwares from foreign anti-virus companies, citing security reasons. Read…
The demand for cybersecurity professionals is on the rise and companies are willing to offer them as much Rs 80 lakh per annum, a study said. According to a report by CISO Platform, a social media network dedicated to information security, the industry is likely to see a huge growth in India, going ahead. Read…
Hackers broke into US government computers, possibly compromising the personal data of 4 million current and former federal employees, and investigators were probing whether the culprits were based in China, US officials said on Thursday. In the latest in a string of intrusions into US agencies’ high-tech systems, the Office of Personnel Management suffered what…
Months after one of its campaigners was ‘offloaded from a flight, Greenpeace India on Monday claimed that a member of its international staff was denied entry into India despite having valid documents. According to the NGO, Aaron Gray-Block, a member of Greenpeace International, had flown in from Sydney on Saturday to take part in a series…
Internet.org, the Facebook-led initiative to provide select apps and services to mobile phone users in emerging markets for free, recently passed 800,000 subscribers in India. Along with local telecom companies there, the service provides access to around 30 websites and services without charging the user for the mobile data necessary to use those services, which…
Net Neutrality has become a hot topic in India, following a brief but high-profile national debate instigated by a consultation paper from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) that solicited views on what net neutrality is, and whether regulations protecting it are needed in India. The paper also hinted at possible regulation of all…
State-run telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will sign its first agreement outside India to buy bandwidth from Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company to provide internet services in the northeast. It is also exploring South Africa for expansion, and may pick up equity stakes in one of the country’s telecom service providers. Bangladesh Submarine Cable…
India now leads the world in smartphone growth. It saw a 55% increase in the number of smartphones, to 140 million, in 2014. The number of web users increased by 37%, to 232 million. Smartphones were the source of 65% of its internet traffic and 41% of e-commerce, according to a report by Mary Meeker,…
Inspired by need for free internet access to younger generation, a group of young Indoreans started ‘IM Free Wi-Fi’ to provide WiFi facility for free in public places. Determined to make the city a free Wi-Fi zone, seven college pass-out students started working on this project in 2014 and tested it in various areas in…
We are gradually getting to a situation of connected world where, crowd, media, governance and economy are going to be on the crossroads of convergence Osama Manzar …