In the wake of ransomware attacks such as WannaCry, what lessons must India learn? While WannaCry was not particularly sophisticated or stealthy, its impact was widespread. That's because of the techniques used to rapidly distribute the malware, as well as the failure of so many organizations to get security basics...
The e-commerce and digital payments industry in India is evolving. The next generation focuses on futuristic solutions like hyper-local commerce, innovative mobile platforms and an omnichannel experience. Banks have been witnessing increasing customer interaction through the mobile channel, and the inclusion of UPI...
Human behavior is complex, and it's the weakest link in the cybersecurity chain. This session explores how using an amalgamation of technology based on behavioral analytics and risk modeling can help organizations change the ways they view, perceive and remediate insider risk before it becomes a threat or an attack....
Most organizations in Asia continue to address breach response in a reactive mode - having a crude disaster-recovery plan in place in case something "does" happen, rather than accepting that something "will" happen and proactively preparing for it.
Once breached, the post-breach investigation and response is most...
A majority of security professionals believe that incident response is more difficult than it was a couple of years ago. The idea of early detection through threat feeds is becoming a myth. Resources and security controls deployed for early detection are turning out to be futile when it comes to dealing with today's...
Equifax, the credit reporting bureau, recently revealed that hackers had stolen the data of 145.5 million Americans, as well as millions in the U.K. and some in Canada.
Like many high-profile breaches, the Equifax breach was caused by a failure to update software components that were known to be vulnerable....
National Skill Development Corporation of India, under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, has taken a multistakeholder, public-private partnership approach to building cybersecurity skills with a target of building capacity of 1.2 million cybersecurity professionals in the country. The...
Cyberthreat intelligence is a key cyber-risk management enabler, providing context necessary to inform decisions and action across the business. Whether related to incident response, monitoring and detection, or governance and policy making, well-structured cyberthreat-intelligence functions serve stakeholders across...
The global WannaCry ransomware epidemic reveals the dangers of poor patching hygiene. Why are so many organizations so slow to patch? Security teams and CISOs may want to patch immediately, but many business owners demand patches be thoroughly tested to avoid any potential business downtime, leading to weeks of...
This session highlights how shared intelligence can help achieve frictionless authentication and trust by using global financial institutions, e-commerce players and other organizations as examples. Those businesses employ the power of digital-identity intelligence - equipped with intelligence from billions of...
As many as 44 banks in India have migrated to the Unified Payments Interface to enable their customers to instantaneously transfer funds.
With the ease of funds transfers also comes increased security risk from the digital infrastructure and the associated integration challenges across core banking technologies of...
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How does the EU's General Data Protection Regulation impact Indian organizations? What are some challenges related to compliance with GDPR, and what is expected of organizations in the case of a data breach? How will GDPR influence business imperatives, given the hefty fines...
In today's threat landscape, securing the business against an ever-expanding and evolving set of attack vectors across all your channels - mobile, web, call center, chat or kiosk - is a big challenge. To accomplish greater security, organizations need to move away from perimeter-centric, network- and IP-focused...
Sameer Ratolikar, CISO, HDFC Bank, moderates this panel discussing how, as 2017 draws to a close, cyber risks are increasingly being acknowledged by the government as well as the private sector. It has come to be widely recognized that in future wars, countries could be crippled by cyberattacks against critical...
As perimeters get increasingly blurred, threats get more advanced and stakes get higher and pricier, are we good with building immune security systems that detect and manage incidents in real time or do we need more? Demonstrating Watson for Cyber Security to show how analysts will be able to gain powerful insights...
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