Bringing digital India to life: What India has been able to achieve in terms of economic transformation over the past two decades is commendable. Through sweeping economic reforms, initiatives to open up Indian markets to global business and investments in areas like digital technology and Smart Cities, the country has made great progress. Read More
Digital To Have Greater Impact On Cyber Security: AISS 2016: The recent demonetization of currencies and government’s push for digital economy will facilitate a greater adoption of digital means in the business. This in turn is also making the cyber landscape more attractive for cyber criminals who are looking to make use of this opportunity.…
One item Digital India must urgently address – strengthening data security and privacy rights: The government’s demonetisation decision of November 8 has, while kicking off a noisy debate on its disruptive, positive and negative impacts, launched the country on the irreversible path of digital payments as a substitute to cash. While the pros and cons…
State’s cybercrime wing voices concerns over going cashless: BENGALURU: The cybercrime wing of the state’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday uploaded a lengthy post on Facebook, drawing the attention of social media users to the many problems involved in going cashless. As of now, it is the only law enforcement agency that has publicly…
The Government at your beck and call: You may admire the Narendra Modi government or dislike it. But you cannot deny that it is one of the most digitally savvy administrations we have had in India. The digital smarts and social media popularity of the Prime Minister and his Cabinet are now being actively leveraged…
India has emerged as a digitally-connected nation but experts suggest the country still lacks pragmatic Internet laws. According to a report by Internet and Mobile Association of India, our country has approximately 400 million Internet users. Given the fact that we now prevail in the digital age, the government needs to work towards devising an…
The government appears to have got its Digital India approach right. It’s imperative that it does so, given that theRs.1.3 trillion programme envisages a plethora of e-governance services across sectors like healthcare, education and banking, and promises to introduce transparency in the system, reduce corruption and achieve inclusive growth.
Cybersecurity is an interesting and important topic, one closely connected to those of online privacy and digital surveillance. Many of us know that it is difficult to keep things private on the Internet. The Internet was invented to share things with others quickly, and it excels at that job. Businesses that process transactions with customers…
In a recent seemingly sci-fi incident, a first of its kind cyber-attack grounded a Polish airline completely paralyzing its ground operations and forcing a cancellation of 10 flights from Warsaw! An even more unexpected attack was successfully carried out when hackers broke into a large, global retail giant’s network through the remotely managed HVAC system(!)…
The GSMA announced the availability of new guidelines designed to promote the secure development and deployment of services in the growing Internet of Things (IoT) market. The document, ‘The GSMAIoT Security Guidelines’ has been developed in consultation with the mobile industry and offers IoT service providers and the wider IoT ecosystem practical advice on tackling common…