Daily Archives: January 14, 2015

Pentagon Hacking and other incidents – Cyber Defence Wake up call for India

The Pentagon’s Centcom had a surprise yesterday when its Twitter account was hacked by alleged Islamic State Cyber Operatives. According to a Reuters report, the Twitter and YouTube accounts for the US military command that oversees operations in the Middle East were hacked on Monday by people claiming to be sympathetic toward the Islamic State militant…

Securing the cyber frontiers

Any malicious attack in the cyber space can have crippling effect on vital systems in organisations. This has increased the demand for “cyber soldiers” — professionals who are equipped with knowledge to secure data banks, pre-empt hacking and develop effective defence mechanisms. Here’s a look at different courses that can arm this new-age cyber force…