Security Talent Table - The Mismatch

The internet has made it possible for millions of users world wide to access information including the latest in every field. Internet has changed the way of life. It has made its impact on every aspect of life paving way for a holistic growth. However there seems to be a sudden surge for security talent worldwide. The surge has emanated as a result of increased levels of hacking incidents witnessed across the nations and to handle the waves of cyber attacks emanating from adversaries across the world. Increased incidents has also thrown open  the prevalent weakness amongst the various cyber establishments. There are multiple angles to the excessive visibility and increased attention on the security and in particular cyber security domain.  It is essential to understand the background.

Maritime Security Exhibition '13

In connection with world security day, an exhibition on maritime security was organized by Institute of Technology Management and Research, highlighting the various activities of Maritime Force. The exhibition was inaugurated by Mr.Sylendra Babu, IPS, ADGP, 

The exhibition had a good collection of photographs displayed, exposing scuba diving, para gliding, water motor activities and other  maritime related activities. 

World Computer Security Day 2013

Due to the proliferation of computers across various functional domains, Security has emerged as an important element when working with computers, the Internet or indeed any electronic devices. Computer Security Day is an annual event that is observed worldwide.  The specific goal of Computer Security Day is to help people understand the need to protect their computers and information. 

World Computer Security Day is observed to ensure that all computer users take some time to look into computer security and safety as an important personal and workplace responsibility. Institute of Technology Management and Research hosted the event to provide an insight into the privacy and security issues and its manifestations surrounding electronic data and suggest ways and means to keep computers and data safe.

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.

Cyber Espionage

"Kaspersky Security Bulletin" talks about Cyber-espionage or "hacktivism" and naton-state cyberattacks, apart from legal surveillance, cloud based network attacks, cyber extortion of individuals and companies. The number of reported cases of cyberespionage is growing, with high-value, highly visible data emerging as the primary target, say  Patricia Titus, VP, chief information security office, Unisys. Cyberespionage perpetrators are people with excellent technical skills and psychological understanding of human behavior capable of manipulating their targets within an organization, since the universal statement is people are always the weakest security link. An increased use of zero-day exploits, coupled with malware which is often not detected by anti-virus vendors is used for building cyber espionage tools. The mobile malware will start shaping the digital security landscape in the forthcoming years painting a different picture. This apart there is a surge in fake security certificates, coupled with skillfully coded malware fostering the nationally authorized cyber attacks leading to a cold cyber war across developed countries.

Flame

The Flame worm that has targeted computers in the Middle East is being called "the most sophisticated cyberweapon yet unleashed" by Kaspersky Lab researchers who discovered it The virus reportedly captures sensitive information through a variety of means — “sniffing” data sent across the Internet and internal networks, recording keystrokes, capturing screenshots while applications like messaging programs are running, even turning on a computer’s built-in microphone and recording audio of conversations, according to three cyber labs that detected it.

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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