How the Coronavirus has led to a cyberspace crisis
As we enter a world which is increasingly dependent on digital infrastructure, the need for online safety and security has also increased.
AI to take cyber defence to the next level
Interview Poppy Gustafsson, the co-CEO of Darktrace, discusses how AI has enabled the company to lead in the market by making cyber security more efficient and virtual. How can AI and machine learning be best weaponised to enhance cyber security? When Darktrace first started, cyber security was all about trying to keep the bad guys off your network. Security analysts would try to predict what the bad guys could do on their network and then put these rules into their [...]
Can we really trust Zoom?
We are all ‘zooming’ these days. But can we trust the platform that is taking over our lives? India Inc. Group Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa asks the tough questions that will make us sit up and think. Highlights: Zoom’s installer software doesn’t warn users that it contains codes that send data to Facebook and other third parties and that the software has bugs that can be used to spy on people. There have been multiple instances of unauthorised people [...]
India as a Digital Decider in 2020
A cyber security specialist deliberates on how India can play a more proactive role in cyber security issues on a global level. Highlights: Indian companies and experts are at the forefront of new developments in IT, including artificial intelligence and cyber security. India currently ranks in the middle when it comes to global statistics on cyber security, leaving much room for improvement. India has been named as one of the regional leaders crucial to deciding the trajectory for the internet [...]
TechSagar – Showcasing India’s technology and cyber preparedness
An expert explains how a new tech repository enables targeted search of India’s technology capabilities which will open gates for innovation and collaboration across industry and academia. Highlights: As India aspires to become a trillion-dollar digital economy, enhancing cyber security measures becomes a key national priority. Tech Sagar is a repository featuring 4000+ entities from Industry, Academia and Research, providing a country-level view of India’s cyber competencies. The initiative enables the Government to assess the country-level readiness on strategic technologies [...]
Merkel’s Indian promise
India-Germany ties remain strong with increasing cooperation on climate change, sustainability, combating terrorism, digital transformation and artificial intelligence. Though Chancellor Merkel still has a few years before she steps down, her legacy will depend as much on how successful she is in building long term strategic relations with India as it will be on managing turmoil in Europe. Under her and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the bilateral relationship has gone beyond the nuts and bolts of clinical engineering and [...]
India-UK cyber security cooperation: The way forward
A strategic expert points out areas that the UK and India can focus on to improve cyber security cooperation. Highlights: Cyber issues constitute an important aspect of the India-UK security relationship. Non-state entities based in Russia, China and the US are the main sources of cyberattacks against India due to their domination in areas including the smartphone market and fibre optic routes. UK and India need to engage more deeply on countering online radicalisation, extremism and terrorism. It is [...]
Industrial Revolution 4.0: India’s cyber security challenges and opportunities
Digitised systems, while more efficient, are not without their concerns. A cyber security expert outlines the various digital threats that enterprises are vulnerable to and suggests some counter measures to prevent these security risks. Industry 4.0 is a standard term to depict the fourth-generation industrial revolution that we are passing through nowadays. Automation, IoT and data analytics have made production processes smarter, intelligent and more productive. With each passing day, latest technologies like cloud computing, IoT and robotics are disrupting [...]
India is well poised to tackle tech-related challenges
Cyber security and data protection open several doors for cooperation between the UK and India, asserts an intelligence and security expert. A strategic partnership is based on the commonality of interests. It also presupposes a high degree of trust between the partners that is aimed at achieving those interests. A strategic partnership further demands constant dialogue to ensure that the partnership stays on course. The India-UK relationship is, to my mind, at the cusp of shaping itself into a multi-dimensional [...]
Tapping into India’s specialist IT talent pool to fix global problems
Larry Stone, Chairman – BT India, talks ‘India Global Business’ through BT's recent CSR drive for girls' education in India, their cyber security centre in Gurugram as well as the significance of India as a market. What prompted BT's tie-up with the British Asian Trust to promote girls' education in India? BT has a long history in engaging and supporting communities where we are present, including in India. For many years, we’ve supported initiatives such as Katha Schools, the PM’s [...]