How CIO can spread cyber security awareness among the employees

Cyber security hacks and breaches have become more widespread and are more damaging now than ever before. In the previous years, cyber security of the organization rested on shoulders of a couple of people within a security team which would cover the entire organization. However, today every individual at the organization has to be vigilant […]
Critical takeaways for CIOs from the 2017 cyber crimes!

Cyber security of an organization has evolved dramatically over the last decade. In 2017, many such cyber security attacks and data breaches caused massive damage to numerous organizations with their data as well as reputation. Here are some of the most important lessons to learn from these security breaches: Conduct regular audits for data security […]
Cloud based security and analytics is the key to network protection

Cloud based security and analytics is a service model in which a key element of security or data analytics is provided through public or private cloud. Cloud analytics typically works on subscription pricing model or utility model (pay-per-use) pricing model. Key elements which make a service cloud analytics as per Gartner are- Data sources Data […]
Hacked email? Things you must do

So, your email has been hacked! Well this is very likely in the age of ransomware and malware attacks and especially when sophisticated,socially engineered attacks are reported. More than 80% of the breaches in companies are via email hacks. Somebody, somewhere in the organization ended up activating the macro or the malicious code which lead […]
India is amongst the top financial markets open to Ransomware attacks!

India is growing, while economy is set to hit the $10trillion mark in a decade or so, clearly it is a great story but with this growth, digitization becomes great responsibility. The onus of making a robust infrastructure which helps in protecting the cyber services and digital information of the company is massive. Nearly 40% […]
How can Zimbra VPS enhance your Top-line

Zimbra Virtual Private servers hosting plans are highly customizable and can be scaled with your rapidly changing business needs. The plans are efficient and reliable on dedicated and shared hosting platforms for small to medium size business at competitive price which usually facilitates real time collaboration efforts like document sharing, editing, quick searching, instant messaging […]
In the Tax Filing Season, beware of phishing attacks

Beware of email phishing attacks from hackers while filing your Income Tax Returns. In email phishing attacks, hackers smartly replace some characters of email address with other look-alike characters. Observe the below given E-mail addresses: DONOTREPLY@incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in DONOTREPLY@incometaxindiafilling.gov.in First one is correct E-mail ID from the IT Dept. but if you observe properly the second one […]
Are you ready to migrate to HTTPS?

With just a couple of months to go before HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) web pages being marked as insecure, are you well prepared to move to HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) pages? HTTPS is nothing but the secured version of HTTP protocol. There are a lot many questions hovering around? Why HTTPs? How to migrate? […]
5 Must Security Precautions while using third party softwares

The default Operating systems are becoming more and more resistant to attacks and hence most of the attacks take place via using third party softwares. A lot of exploits are caused by third-party plugins, even the standard ones java, adobe reader, Flash. When you use a third party software, be it a freeware or commercialized […]