Safety Over the Net -May 2013

As a blog dedicated to bring in visibility on Security, specialized security concerns, security events across different locations, It was interesting to be a part of the event Safety over the net organized by ITMR along with CYSI. A small writeup of the event is shared in the following paragraphs.

Second International Conference of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology

The South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV) and Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University are organizing their Second International Conference from 11 to 13 January, 2013 at Kanyakumari, Chennai under the theme of  "REVISITING INTERPERSONAL CRIMES AND VICTIMIZATION"

Computer Security Day - 2012

 Computer Security Day is an annual event that is observed worldwide. This event is observed to increase the security awareness and the need for best practices to be adopted with computer operations.  It is evident that the exponential increase in computing gadgets miss out on the aspects of the need for security. Security is an important consideration when working with computers, the Internet or indeed any electronic devices. The focus of security day is to create awareness on the aspects of security and information management.

Digital Cyber Forensics: Conference related info

The Internet has made it easier to perpetrate crimes by providing criminals an avenue for launching attacks with relative anonymity. It is evident that  illegal activities are more often buried into large volumes of data which calls for extensive analysis in order to detect crimes and collect evidence. Most of the time the investigations are of cross-border in nature, requiring coordinated policing  efforts in heterogeneous jurisdictions.

Combating Cyber Crimes in financial transactions and the role of Standards -23-10-09

Cyber Society of India and NGO body organized a workshop at Chennai on 23rd October 2009 on "Combating Cyber Crimes in financial transactions and the role of Standards". Mr T S Krishnamoorthy, former Chief Election Commissioner of India inaugurated the workshop and delivered his inaugural address on cyber crime scenario in India narrating the concept of vulnerability and explaining the vulnerable areas in computers. He stressed on the need for increasing the awareness on usage of computers. As a part of his speech, he outlined the modes operandi of Nigerian Fraud. His speech was well received.

The other speakers included prominent personalities C.L.Ramakrishnan, former DGP, who delivered the key note address, on "IT act" Mr.V.Rajendran, Secretary, CYSI, and a practicing Cyber Law Advocate, who spoke on the role and relevance of IT 2000 and the amendment, Mr.Krishnakumar, Regional Director of DNV, who described the best practices in the industry to combat cyber crime and the usefulness of the ISO 27001, ISO27002 standards, Dr.Muthukumaran, former CTO and Chief consultant, who described salient security aspects of a networked environment, Mr.S.N Ravichandran, CEO, Niligiri Chemicals, Coimbatore explained the intricacies of cyber crime investigations and Mr.M.L.Srinivasan outlined the practical implications of risks in an enterprise outlining the effects of BOT.

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