Are information technology (IT) firms in the city safe from a cyber attack like the one on Sony Pictures Entertainment’s computer systems last year?
No, says Tobby Simon, a city-based cyber security expert who heads Synergia Foundation, a strategic group.
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Are the Information Technology firms in the city safe from a Sony Pictures-like cyber attack? “The IT firms are vulnerable. Any breach in the data security of a major company, may lead to the entire outsourcing industry collapsing. But we are unprepared,” said Tobby Simon, a city-based cyber security expert, heading a strategic group Synergia…
Cyber security is everywhere. You can’t pick up a the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, or any online business publication without reading a story about data breaches at both corporations and government organizations. A CIO has said, a company either knows it’s been breached or it doesn’t know it’s been breached. But it was…
U.S. business lobbies called on the White House this week for help to overturn new Chinese cybersecurity regulations they say would hurt market opportunities abroad and jobs in the U.S. In a letter sent to officials including Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman on Feb. 4, the U.S. Chamber of…
Global software major Wipro Ltd will jointly develop cyber-security solutions with the US-based SRC Cyber LLC for the energy and utilities sector. “We have formed a global alliance with SRC Cyber to co-develop IT security products and provide consulting services to serve enterprises across the energy and utilities industry value chain,” the city-based company said in a…
Hackers have stolen personal information relating to current and former customers and staff of no. 2 U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc., after breaching an IT system containing data on up to 80 million people, the company said late on Wednesday.
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United States President Barack Obama on Friday chided India for incidents of religious intolerance in the country. Invoking Mahatma Gandhi in the speech, he said the father of the nation would have been shocked at such display of religious intolerance.
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Karnataka High Court today reserved its order for tomorrow on a petition by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) seeking lifting of the ban on entry of its leader Praveen Togadia to attend a seven-day convention here.
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Section 66A of the Information Technology Act is very often compared to Section 498(A) of the Indian Penal Code which deals with dowry. Both sections have been grossly misused and the debate rages on why the sections have not been amended or struck down all together. In the era of the internet, it is quite…
“The ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT) is all set to organize its 19th Edition of its large Industry-Institute Interaction Event `ICTACT Bridge 2015’ on the 17th Feb 2015 at Chennai Trade Centre. The theme of this year is `The Big Digital World’, which will focus on all generations of the digital era to discuss,…