Although the frequency of a cybersecurity attack on a large scale is low, by 2018, 40 percent of large enterprises will have formal plans to address aggressive cybersecurity business disruption attacks, up from zero percent in 2015, according to Gartner. Business disruption attacks require new priority from chief information security officers (CISOs) and business continuity…
Terming the cyber security threat as a “big challenge”, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said an experts committee set up to suggest ways to tackle the problem is likely to submit its report in three months. “Cyber security threat is a big challenge for the country. Effective steps have been taken to strengthen cyber security,”…
Absence of any regulatory mechanism in the cyber world demanded higher level of restrictions to put checks and balances on social networking sites, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Additional solicitor general Tushar Mehta told a bench of justices J Chelameswar and Rohinton Fali Nariman that though it was not possible to regulate…
Justifying retention of penal provision of Section 66A of Information Technology Act for posting offensive material on social networking sites, the Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that reach and impact of internet was wider and the level of restriction on this medium should be higher in comparison to print and television.
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Yesterday, Google announced that starting March 23, 2015 users will be unable to share sexually explicit content on its blogging platform — Blogger. In a country like India, such content generally causes a ‘storm in teacup’ this move might be welcomed, however, experts say that it goes against the tenets of free speech.
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A Chinese court on Wednesday sentenced an 81-year-old writer to jail on a charge of illegal business after he criticised the ruling Communist Party’s propaganda chief in online essays, but the sentence was suspended, his lawyer said. The conviction of Huang Zerong, who is better known by his pen name Tie Liu, is the latest…
University of North Carolina and University of Toledo of the U.S. have begun designing modalities for offering online courses with the active participation of some of the higher learning institutes of India, including the National Institute of Technology-Tiruchi.
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The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development is currently implementing the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) to leverage the potential of ICT in teaching and learning process. Under the Scheme, apart from other activities, e-content in a number of subjects pertaining to the engineering, science, social science and humanities…
You could think of India’s internet growth as a primed-up athlete finally hitting his full stride. First, there was a gentle warmup. It took 10 years for India to get her first 10 million users and another decade to hit the first 100 million. Then, the pace quickened. The next 100 million users came in three years…
In a major initiative, the Gaya district administration on Wednesday launched e-Samadhan, the flagship programme aimed at heralding e-governance. Using interactive voice technology (IVT), the programme aims at establishing a direct connect between the beneficiaries and development officials. Besides the beneficiaries/left out groups, others too may resort to e-Samadhan for grievance redressal and participatory development.…