BUSINESS SANS CONSCIENCE!
December 6, 2018
DailyPost 802 BUSINESS SANS CONSCIENCE! From Lehman Brothers to Rupert Murdock’s News of the World to Cambridge Analytica and Facebook gives us a convincing feeling
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BEST PLACE OF WORK
December 5, 2018
DailyPost 801 BEST PLACE OF WORK Ratings are big business and so are the companies behind it. In a capitalist world of fly by wire
THE ETHICAL HACKER ENIGMA!
December 2, 2018
DailyPost 798 THE ETHICAL HACKER ENIGMA! If there were to be an all out war between the bad guy hackers and ethical hackers, who would
CYBER POWER OUTAGE
November 24, 2018
DailyPost 790 CYBER POWER OUTAGE Its not only elections that Russia hacked in the US, on March 15, 2018, US government released report that there
SOCIAL MEDIA BUSINESS MODEL
November 23, 2018
DailyPost 789 SOCIAL MEDIA BUSINESS MODEL Facebook is the prima donna of the social media, undeniably, there are lots in the fray. Nobody knows with
NOW DARK WEB GETS HACKED!
November 19, 2018
DailyPost 785 NOW DARK WEB GETS HACKED! Hacks, data broking and data manipulation has now become a part of the Surface Web as we call
USER / DATA BLINDFOLDED!
November 18, 2018
DailyPost 784 USER / DATA BLINDFOLDED! The user and data would remain to be blindfolded is the story that is unfolding. Privacy and data protection
WEB SCRAPING
November 13, 2018
DailyPost 779 WEB SCRAPING It is ironical that we have all the information and data available on the world wide web, still we are not
COMPUTER BEHAVIOR
November 12, 2018
DailyPost 778 COMPUTER BEHAVIOR How conversant you are with computer behavior makes you the most safe. Computers in various forms have become a part of
‘EMPTYING’ ATMs
November 10, 2018
DailyPost 776 ‘EMPTYING’ ATMs The increase in the number, nature and intensity is known the world over. Adding to the long list of cyber crimes
PAKISTAN BANK HACKS
November 7, 2018
DailyPost 773 PAKISTAN BANK HACKS WannaCry had created scare in the banks and lots of them suspended their online / card banking transcations temporarily. It
FACEBOOK HAS DONE IT AGAIN!
November 3, 2018
DailyPost 769 FACEBOOK HAS DONE IT AGAIN! You can’t be third time unlucky in a quick succession, unless the system you have created is creaky.
INDIAN SMEs & GDPR
October 27, 2018
DailyPost 762 INDIAN SMEs & GDPR Indian big businesses have been making efforts to get GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliant, the European Union’s Data
KNOWLEDGE CRITICAL MASS
October 25, 2018
DailyPost 760 KNOWLEDGE CRITICAL MASS In world full of exabytes of data, how many of us reach the Knowledge Critical Mass. Do vast majority of
2018 THREAT VECTORS
October 18, 2018
DailyPost 753 2018 THREAT VECTORS If something really changes at a breathtaking speed in the present day world, its Cyber Security Threat Vectors. There is
BANKING ON BANKS!
October 14, 2018
DailyPost 749 BANKING ON BANKS! Is it becoming more and more difficult to bank on the banks, in the digital world. With banking completely moving
DATA SCRAPING
October 13, 2018
DailyPost 748 DATA SCRAPING The Facebook Russia saga does not seem to end. It crops up newer and newer dimensions day after day. While large
HACK’s FINAL FRONTIER!
October 12, 2018
DailyPost 747 HACK’s FINAL FRONTIER! There is hacking in the news of computers, email accounts, smartphones, bank accounts, PIIs, databases and the like, sending chill
TOWARDS A PROFESSIONAL IT LANDSCAPE
October 11, 2018
DailyPost 746 TOWARDS A PROFESSIONAL IT LANDSCAPE Our Software Industry does not make software & our Computer Science BTech courses do not produce coders. Coders
PRIVACY – A BIT OF CLARITY!
October 9, 2018
DailyPost 744 PRIVACY – A BIT OF CLARITY! The privacy debate has been gaining clarity by the day & so is the statute book in
NETWORK HIT HARD
October 7, 2018
DailyPost 742 NETWORK HIT HARD With the general router and critical vulnerabilities in Policy Suite of Cisco out in public domain, we can well imagine
GRU – CAUGHT REDHANDED
October 5, 2018
DailyPost 740 GRU – CAUGHT REDHANDED The series of successful hacks globally had for sure emboldened the Russian Intelligence Unit GRU. They were moving into
CYBER SPACE – A THEATRE OF WAR
October 4, 2018
DailyPost 739 CYBER SPACE – A THEATRE OF WAR However much we wish to the contrary, Cyber Space for sure has become the main theatre
FACEBOOK FORCED TO FACE THE WORLD?
October 2, 2018
DailyPost 737 FACEBOOK FORCED TO FACE THE WORLD? If you can’t face the world, Facebook, is the adage. The irony of the situation today is
FACEBOOK FACE-OFF
October 1, 2018
DailyPost 736 FACEBOOK FACE-OFF “It is shocking that after all the publicity surrounding Facebook’s handling of personal information in the wake of Cambridge Analytica and
PREVENTIVE CYBER FORENSICS
September 28, 2018
DailyPost 733 PREVENTIVE CYBER FORENSICS Forensics the science of analysis post the incident / crime and the assign the cause, reason or the scientific description
LESSONS FROM HACKS
September 25, 2018
DailyPost 730 LESSONS FROM HACKS Being hacked is the new normal is the popular adage. Whether you will be hacked is not the question, when
ACROSS BOARD, ALWAYS!
September 20, 2018
DailyPost 725 ACROSS BOARD, ALWAYS! It’s not only the entry level quality of engineering graduates that is plaguing the IT industry, it’s lack of later
DIGITAL READINESS OF THE INDIAN POLICE
September 10, 2018
DailyPost 715 DIGITAL READINESS OF THE INDIAN POLICE With the nature of Cyber Crime cases as the Cosmos variety close on the heels of WannaCry
CYBER SUPERPOWER
August 24, 2018
DailyPost 698 CYBER SUPERPOWER From the launch of a cyber attack on any modern car just like any connected computer to understanding the vulnerabilities of
CYBER SECURITY: SYLLABUS, CONTENT & PEDAGOGY
August 16, 2018
DailyPost 690 CYBER SECURITY: SYLLABUS, CONTENT & PEDAGOGY The news of hacks, breaches & lots of day to day irritants of the digital world is
DIGITAL COSMOS
August 15, 2018
DailyPost 689 DIGITAL COSMOS With prophecies of doom the world over & few dastardly acts like the Bank of Bangladesh heist & many Lazarus exploits,
FAILURE SKILLS
August 13, 2018
DailyPost 687 FAILURE SKILLS For the uninitiated, failure skills does not mean skills to fail but on the contrary, it means skills to withstand failure
FACEBOOK’s PRIVACY!
August 11, 2018
DailyPost 685 FACEBOOK’s PRIVACY! Being completely opaque is their DNA. Even after the Cambridge Analytica type episode, we are forced to take at it’s face
SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER, SOC
August 8, 2018
DailyPost 682 SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER, SOC The recently inaugurated Symantec’s Security Operations Center at Chennai happens to be the largest of the six operated globally
DRONES: AN EMERGING THREAT
August 6, 2018
DailyPost 680 DRONES: AN EMERGING THREAT Drones have very clearly & convincingly established their destructive credentials globally, as Venezuelan President lives with a memory of
DATA DIALOGUE
August 2, 2018
DailyPost 676 DATA DIALOGUE Dialogue, the essence of any modern democracy, did not find its way into the world of data. Data was created, transmitted,
NOW, IT’s REGULATION THE WAY!
August 1, 2018
DailyPost 675 NOW, IT’s REGULATION THE WAY! IT had a free run across the globe completely out of regulatory control since it’s inception. The private
FOR A CYBER SECURE FUTURE…
July 30, 2018
DailyPost 673 FOR A CYBER SECURE FUTURE… “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” Says Alan Kay of Zerox Parc. Marc
AND NOW IT IS WEBCAM!
July 29, 2018
DailyPost 672 AND NOW IT IS WEBCAM! Way back in 2013, even before the earth shattering revelations of Edward Snowden, knowing the dangers of the
TECH INVESTIGATION AGE
July 28, 2018
DailyPost 671 TECH INVESTIGATION AGE While the world has got onto to complete digital mode, with some gaps, the component of technology used for purposes
CYBER SURAKSHIT BHARAT
July 26, 2018
DailyPost 669 CYBER SURAKSHIT BHARAT Guaranteeing security has remained an uphill task for governments, even in best of the times. The transition from one mode
PRIVACY PLUS INNOVATION
July 25, 2018
DailyPost 668 PRIVACY PLUS INNOVATION Privacy has been the whipping boy since Edward Snowden revelations in 2013. The necessity of obfuscating privacy had never been
SECRET CYBER WAR : IMPLICATIONS
July 24, 2018
DailyPost 667 SECRET CYBER WAR : IMPLICATIONS In Aug 1945, a new weapon was out in the open, it could never be put back in
CYBER OFFENSIVE NATION STATE
July 22, 2018
DailyPost 665 CYBER OFFENSIVE NATION STATE The theater of war has shifted to the Cyberspace. There might not be any conventional wars in future. If
SingHealth HACKED
July 21, 2018
DailyPost 664 SingHealth HACKED How you face Tsunami is left to you; either you wait to be washed aside or create systems & resilience to
DATA AND THE LAW
July 19, 2018
DailyPost 662 DATA AND THE LAW Enactment of a new law at times provides legality to things already in vogue & at times provides a
DATA’s OWNER?
July 18, 2018
DailyPost 661 DATA’s OWNER? The search for an answer is on. It is like sorting out the chicken & egg story. The world has been
