As the digital landscape rapidly evolves, the shift to cloud environments has transformed how businesses operate and manage their data. And as businesses grow their cloud presence, the challenge of keeping everything secure gets bigger and more complex. It’s like expanding your house but realizing you have added more windows and doors for intruders to […]
The telecom industry is buzzing with excitement as 5G networks roll out across the USA, promising faster speeds, better connectivity, and groundbreaking innovations. However, alongside these advancements come significant security concerns. Data breaches are a wake-up call for the telecom industry. The global cybersecurity market is projected to hit a whopping $407.6 billion by 2032. […]
In the landscape of modern technological innovation, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) emerges as a defining force, reshaping industries, redefining possibilities, and propelling organizations into a new era of digital transformation. From streamlining operations to unlocking unprecedented insights, the potential of AI is vast and multifaceted. Yet, amid the promise of progress, the rapid […]
India’s much-anticipated data protection law, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP), took a significant stride toward formal implementation with the granting of Presidential assent on August 11, 2023. This development marks a substantial departure from India’s previous data protection landscape, which relied on a relatively straightforward consent-centric approach with limited consequences for non-compliance. […]
In Part 1 of this series, I wrote about how a beginner might want to approach the field of cybersecurity, and the knowledge and skills they should seek to acquire. In this article, I want to address the folks that have been working now for a couple of years and are seeking to get to the next […]
One question that I frequently get asked is how should one go about building a career in cybersecurity? Having hired and overseen the careers of thousands of cybersecurity professionals at the company I am the Founder & CEO of, I thought I would jot down some ideas that may prove helpful to folks seeking to make their […]
This is one win India isn’t proud of. In July, our country earned the dubious distinction of being the top source of misinformation spread during the Covid-19 pandemic. Think about it. Your social media feeds, YouTube videos, WhatsApp forwards bombard you with information every day. But it is increasingly becoming difficult to separate the grain […]
The Indian government’s guidelines for virtual private network (VPN) providers came into force on 25 September, 2022. They mandate, among other things, storing users’ personal data for up to five years. At least three VPN service providers have already left India or shut down their servers here because the provisions harm user privacy. Recent Indian […]
In 2021, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal spoke about the city beating Shanghai, New York, and London with the most number of closed-circuit TV cameras per square mile. The updated Comparitech report detailing CCTV presence in different parts of the world (excluding China) found that Delhi, with 1,446 cameras per square mile, is the most […]
The end of 2021 brought with it two high-impact events. One was the appearance of the Omicron variant that has led to a resurgence in the number of cases worldwide. Another was the Log4J vulnerability that reminded us of a similar cybersecurity event that occurred at the end of 2020 – the SolarWinds hack. In […]
