The Imperatives of an Enhanced Security Connect

    2020-03-24T09:35:00+00:00March 6th, 2019|2019, UK Edition – March 2019|

    Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain, a highly decorated officer of the Indian Army and the former Commander of the Kashmir Corps, highlights areas of defence cooperation that could enhance the relationship between India and the UK. As a second-generation Indian military professional (father also being from the British Indian Army), belonging to a regiment which proudly wears its scarlet lanyard on the right shoulder due to its erstwhile royal status, student of Indian history and someone educated in a Church [...]

      India’s tech sector takes centre stage

      2020-03-24T11:25:27+00:00October 12th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition – October 2018|

      The country’s technology and cyber space segment has seen a lot of activity in recent weeks. Samsung opens its biggest store in India Samsung Electronics Co Ltd opened its biggest mobile store in the world in India as it tries to take pole position in the world’s second-biggest smartphone market amid fierce competition from Chinese brands. The South Korean tech giant’s roughly 33,000 sq ft store in the southern tech hub of Bengaluru will help it extend its lead in [...]

        UK and India: A partnership of equals

        2020-03-27T11:27:59+00:00May 24th, 2018|2017/2018, Cover Story, UK Edition- May 2018, Uncategorized|

        The slew of agreements signed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the UK has laid the ground for UK and India to realise the true potential of their relationship. The potential synergies between British Prime Minister Theresa May’s idea of a Global Britain that does not retreat into isolation after Brexit and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of fully integrating India into the global supply chain for the mutual benefit of both India and the world [...]

          Cyber security: Building awareness and resilience

          2018-05-23T12:30:02+00:00April 18th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition – April 2018, Sector Focus, Year|

          A cyber security expert believes improving global resilience will require all stakeholders to act together at scale and in a coordinated way. The integration of physical and digital systems creates many opportunities for improved performance and innovation in the systems that support a modern economy, generating economic value and creating social and environment benefits. Such systems and their underpinning digital technologies – data analytics, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, advanced connectivity and the Internet of Things (IoT) – will provide myriad [...]

            The sinister side of technology

            2020-09-21T08:56:16+00:00April 18th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition – April 2018, Sector Focus, Year|

            India Inc. technology expert delves into why it is time for policy-makers to address issues around data security. Over the last few weeks, the sinister side of technology has come to the fore. Cambridge Analytica is alleged to have collected the data of up to 87 million Facebook users worldwide, the majority of which were in the US. While this data is said to have been used to target and influence voters in the US presidential election and in the [...]

              India’s cyber security landscape throws challenges for the better

              2018-05-23T11:27:45+00:00April 18th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition – April 2018, Sector Focus, Year|

              GST and demonetisation have helped Digital India bolster its cyber security landscape. In India, cyber security has come a long way in the past few years and has gained huge importance with the government’s thrust on Digital India, e-commerce and mobile payments. Particularly the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and demonetisation, which further drove organisations to adopt digitalization, has played a key role in changing the perception towards cyber security.  Cybercrime on the rise Of late, businesses [...]

                Robust cyber forces needed to combat cybercrime

                2018-07-31T11:50:11+00:00April 18th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition – April 2018, Sector Focus, Year|

                Steve Morgan is Founder and Editor-In-Chief at Cybersecurity Ventures, one of the world’s leading researchers and publishers covering the global cyber economy as well as a data bank for cyber security facts, figures, and statistics. In this interview with ‘India Global Business’, he presents an analysis of what the latest cyber crime involving global media giants means for the world of data. Does the data breach scandal involving Facebook and Cambridge Analytica open up a new frontier for the cyber [...]

                  Artificial Intelligence is bringing intuition to Cyber Security

                  2018-06-12T07:28:47+00:00April 10th, 2017|2017/2018, April 2017, Sector Focus/IT, Year|

                  Cyber Security is the protection of information assets, which are highly valuable to an organisation, writes a security expert. In the early days of the internet, Cyber Security wasn't of importance since most computers linked to the internet were part of academia, where trust played a major role. In addition, traditional networking wasn't secure by design, and did not encompass elements of security. As the internet grew, organisations started realising the efficiency and productivity the internet brought, and applications and [...]