The new year is always a great time to set new resolutions. And a great resolution is to do things that would help on the professional front. One question that I frequently get asked is how one should build a career in cybersecurity? Having hired and overseen the careers of thousands of cybersecurity professionals at […]
[Webinar] Cybersecurity for Remote Workforce by KK Mookhey With most of the companies enabling Work-From-Home (WFH) for almost all their employees, this brings a wide variety of cybersecurity risks. Recently, major global IT firms were attacked by ransomware. This webinar addressed the risks from the remote working environment and the use of personal devices. The […]
The past 12-18 months we have seen a lot of activity in the area of breach response. We not only launched our Big Data Security Analytics platform using ELK, began doing active threat hunting as a service, but we also significantly strengthened our breach response capabilities. I spent most of my consulting hours responding to […]
Introduction Over the past few years, bug bounties have begun to garner mainstream attention. With over 150 companies offering their own bug bounty programs and hundreds of others working with the likes of BugCrowd and HackerOne, it is really no longer a question of whether you should start a bug bounty program or not, but […]
One of the key security devices in a lot of organizations is an HSM – Hardware Security Module. All banks use it to store your debit card and credit card PINs. An HSM can be used to store any super-secret piece of information. Administration of the HSM is done via a custom client or CLI or directly […]
If you are looking to navigate your way through the complexities of Big Data and its use in Security, here are some links to get you off the ground: Big Data Basics What is Big Data Which are the major technologies used for Big Data Hadoop (Apache’s open-source implementation of Google’s MapReduce algo) Elastic Search, […]
I am pleased to share the story of our growth so far, specifically the progress made by our Security Solutions Division and the Security Operations Centre (SOC) – now renamed as the Security Services Centre (SSC) But first, some updates … NII posted growth of 80% year-on-year for the financial year 2014-15 We are on […]
This article highlights some of the key risks in executing a successful core banking migration program. Many of these risk elements also relate to any large IT project, but are more aligned towards a core banking migration.
Introduction With the onslaught of SMAC – Social Media, Analytics, Mobility and Cloud Computing – in our personal as well as professional lives, we are spending a huge amount of time and energy in a digital world. Many organizations are faced with the challenge of how to handle and even leverage these technological innovations to […]
Recently, on one of the security mailing lists a query was posted as to what metrics should be produced from a Data Leakage Prevention Solution, an Intrusion Prevention System, and from the Firewalls being managed by the security team. Here’s the response I sent in which is being shared for a larger audience: Basically, what management […]
