Important tips to protect your online financial and bank accounts The banking operation process has changed completely in recent times with the advent of new online technology. You no longer need to go in person to a bank to carry out banking activities. You can perform activities such as money transfer, bill payments, deposit cheques or even open a new bank account with just a single touch sitting at your home. Online banking makes managing and handling of financial management easy, trouble free and user oriented. You can even make use of online banking facilities while you are travelling o ..read more

Why what and how: A complete guide to DevSecOps DevSecOps, short form for development, security and operations is a process that integrates security at every stage of the software development cycle from initial design through integration, testing development and finally software delivery. The DevSecOps approach has revolutionised the way organisations implement security in their software building process. The traditional security approach had organisations perform security checks or tests only at the end of the software development life cycle. The focus of the approach was predominantly appl ..read more

Design flaws that cause security vulnerabilities in Amazon S3 security Amazon S3 is one of the popular cloud storage and cloud computing solutions that are used by a plethora of organisations for their storage and IT operations. It is preferred as S3 offers scalability and flexibility which reduce the operation cost and the effort required to run install and implement an on-premise security system. Amazon S3 is secure by default. The resource owners have the sole ownership of the S3 resources once it is created. Amazon S3 supports user access management and user authentication to protect its ..read more

What is penetration testing? 6 good reasons you need to conduct a penetration testing There has been a recent rise in enterprises and organisations moving their operations and businesses online due to many beneficial and favourable factors like scalability, efficiency, flexibility and ease of doing business. Along with its many advantages, moving online comes with its own set of problems like having a large surface attack area outside the network perimeter, underestimating the complex and evolved extraction technologies that the hackers possess and being exposed to hackers and threat actors ..read more

What is IoT? How is IoT penetration testing carried out? Internet of things (IoT) is a network of physical objects that are embedded with sensors, smart software’s and artificial intelligence technology with an intention of connecting them to different physical devices and exchanging information and data through the internet These devices include everything from ordinary household objects to sophisticated and complex industrial tools. It is estimated that more than 7 billion objects are connected over the internet and is estimated to grow to 22 billion by the year 2025. Why are IoT devices ..read more

Common Spyware types and how to detect them Spyware is a type of malicious software or malware that sneaks into the user’s system and gains complete unauthorised access to the system or devices without the users knowing anything. As the name suggests a spyware spies on your activities and performs operations like tracking your online activities, reading your personal mails and messages, gaining access to sensitive and critical information like passwords, bank details and credit card details. It collects data about your online activities and then forwards the data to an external server withou ..read more

5 unexpected ransom costs to your business other than extortion Ransomware attack is one of the fastest growing and frequently used cyberattacks nowadays. The aftermath and after effects of these kinds of attacks can be far reaching and have a major impact on the organisation’s functional and operational ability. A security consultancy named NCC published a report this August of a study conducted by their research intelligence and fusion team that shows a worldwide increase of 288% in ransomware attacks this year. The report also found that as of this year the average ransomware payment made ..read more

A guide to digital footprint: Discovery, Mapping and Scoring As humans, we can be tracked or identified through the biological traces which we leave behind, our online presence too has traces that can be tracked and used to identify us. Whatever we do on the internet, be it browsing, shopping, sending mails and messages or connecting with friends or family leaves a digital trail behind us which can be used to determine our location, interests, and preferences. This is a serious concern for businesses and individuals alike as digital footprints, or traces are larger, difficult to hide and ca ..read more

14 cybersecurity metrics you should be monitoring in 2021 As many businesses and data are moving online, the frequency of cyberattacks are increasing. Data breaches or leaks can cause a significant amount of damage to a company reputation and finance. Having a sound and robust cybersecurity and network security system in place is a priority nowadays. Investing in cybersecurity systems is not a guarantee that your system is failsafe and that you are doing enough. Along with investing and developing the system comes the performance tracking metrics. Data protection, preventing breaches detecti ..read more

How to develop a cybersecurity strategy: Step-by-step guide More and more organisations are taking up their businesses online as it is much more scalable, efficient and cost-effective. As the businesses go online, the internal operational processes get linked to cyberinfrastructure, which is easy to overlook and can result in data breaches. Developing a sound cyber strategy plan is the key for an organisation to protect its assets, reputation, intellectual property, staff and customers. What is a cybersecurity strategy? A cybersecurity strategy is a set of steps or actions which are design ..read more