What is Information Rights Management? Information Rights Management is the set of techniques and methods which protect the highly sensitive information of the organization irrespective of the file location whether it resides “in” or “outside” the corporate boundaries. This happens as the permissions embedded inside the file don’t allow unauthorized access, modification, copying or printing. […]
What is Data Leakage Prevention? Data Leakage Prevention is the category of solutions which help an organization to apply controls for preventing the unwanted accidental or malicious leakage of sensitive information to unauthorized entities in or outside the organization. Here sensitive information may refer to organization’s internal process documents, strategic business plans, intellectual property, financial […]
What is a DDoS based attack? A Distributed Denial-of-Service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by using multiple hosts attempting to connect simultaneously to the victim machine. It generally consists of the efforts of one or more people to temporarily or indefinitely interrupt […]
What is a Spear Phishing? Spear phishing is a deceptive communication technique in which a victim is lured via e-mail, text or tweet by an attacker to click or download a malicious link or file. The common objective of this technique is to compromise the victim machine by stealthily inserting a backdoor which seeks to […]
Bring your own device (BYOD) is the business policy of letting employees bring their own devices at workplace for doing work. The concept has gained popularity in recent years mainly due to the following reasons: Employees are more willing to spend on their devices as they have the ownership of the device. Maintenance and protection […]
What is Mobile Device Management? Mobile Device Management (MDM) software secures monitors, manages and supports mobile devices deployed across mobile operators, service providers and enterprises. MDM functionality typically includes over-the-air distribution of applications, data and configuration settings for all types of mobile devices, including mobile phones, smartphones, tablets, mobile printers, mobile POS devices, etc. This […]
Introduction Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are growing as a serious concern as they represent a threat to an organization’s intellectual property, financial assets and reputation. In some cases, these threats target critical infrastructure and government institutions, thereby threatening the country’s national security itself. The defensive tools and other controls are frequently rendered ineffective because the […]
OWASP TOP 10 list is being constantly updated every 3 years to keep pace with the current threat landscape for web application security. Key factors in its evolution are advances made by attackers, the release of new technologies with new weaknesses, more built in defences, and the deployment of increasingly complex systems. On June 6, […]
