Information Security Media Group's flagship Cybersecurity Summit will kick off in Mumbai on Nov. 13, bringing together India's top cybersecurity experts, practitioners and thought leaders to discuss the most pressing concerns, challenges and opportunities shaping the cybersecurity landscape in 2024.
Organizations in India are ramping up efforts to comply with the new Digital Personal Data Protection Act. But without the law being officially enforced, budget and hiring constraints make it challenging to allocate sufficient resources, said a panel of experts.
South Korea's National Police Agency has arrested more than 500 people in a crackdown on Telegram scams involving deepfake sexually oriented content and fake kidnappings. Police said scammers are targeting women and altering their social media content to create pornography and deceptive content.
The Indonesian military has responded to a major data breach by creating a brand new cyber force to defeat adversaries, but a lack of long-term planning, resources and collaboration with the private sector could turn the initiative into a non-starter.
Following a major defeat in the October general elections, the Liberal Democratic Party is struggling to muster enough votes in the Parliament to pass a cybersecurity bill to set improve its cyber defense program. The government planned to introduce the bill in late 2024.
In the second episode of ISMG's "APAC Insights" series, ISMG editors analyze cybersecurity threats to artificial intelligence systems and the region's worsening fraud landscape with Kaushik Sinha of Fujitsu Research and Applied Quantum's Kawin Boonyapredee.
As India accelerates its digital transformation journey, the lack of security-by-design principles in its expanding digital infrastructure has created unprecedented cybersecurity risks, particularly affecting financial services and healthcare sectors, according to Cybersecurity Expert Kanishk Gaur.
As gen AI evolves beyond cloud-based models, downloadable AI models present new opportunities for both cybersecurity defenders and threat actors. The ability of offline models to bypass traditional ethical guardrails creates unique security challenges, according to Pascal Geenens, director, Radware.
Organizations face mounting pressure to address workforce displacement and ethical implications as AI reshapes cybersecurity, particularly in software engineering roles. The challenge extends beyond job displacement to critical concerns about data privacy and transparency.
Organizations integrating AI systems should adopt process-driven frameworks that mirror established cybersecurity standards, said Gerry Chng, chairman of Singapore Computer Society. The ISO SC 42 committee's 42,000 series provides a foundation for developing AI policies and standards.
Healthcare ransomware attacks have doubled since 2021, with 37% of organizations taking up to a month to recover, according to Sophos' State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2024 report. Organizations must rethink their approach to cybersecurity as attack surfaces expand and skills shortages persist.
As enterprises adopt AI for security, privacy and safety concerns remain top barriers. Organizations need robust frameworks and guardrails to ensure responsible AI implementation while protecting sensitive data, said Anand Raghavan, VP of engineering - AI, Cisco.
Australia's Western Sydney University said hackers breached its student management system and data warehouse to steal students' demographic and enrollment information in the third data theft incident of 2024. The hacker gained unauthorized access by compromising an IT account.
India's 200,000-strong ethical hacking community has faced many roadblocks to success, including indifference from cybersecurity leaders, but new-age hacking communities armed with cutting-edge skills and passion are slowly but surely bridging the long-entrenched trust deficit with organizations.
Indian health insurance giant Star Health and Allied Insurance Company has absolved its chief information security officer of any wrongdoing related to a recent data breach, but for the 31.2 million customers whose data was compromised, there is no clear resolution in sight.
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