RSA SecurID Breach: Are Your Tokens Safe?
The news of a security breach at one of the world’s trusted security firms has raised concerns among companies across the globe. While RSA is not releasing the details around the breach at this time, which they have categorized as an “advanced...
You can outsource the work, but not the responsibility
Many organizations are under the impression that if they outsource their credit card transactions, then they are not responsible for their PCI compliance. While this may minimize the scope of the PCI environment, it does not alleviate the responsibility for their PCI...
P3 Cubed: Focus on the Basics Part III
From my previous discussions on the three P’s – Passwords, Patching and Ports, let’s talk finally about Ports. The Third P – Ports: Open TCP and UDP ports, especially open ports that are not required for business purposes, continue to be something...
P3 Cubed: Focus on the Basics Part II
Continuing from the previous discussion on the most significant areas of technical concern in the area of information security and assurance and the three P’s – Passwords, Patching and Ports, let’s talk next about Patching.
P3 Cubed: Focus on the Basics
One of the most significant areas of technical concern in the area of information security and assurance is what we have come to call the three P’s – Passwords, Patching and Ports.? Default and weak passwords continue to impact organizations, especially on...
As the year and the decade changes
It's been a decade that started with fear, uncertainty and doubt and seems to be ending that way again for the Indian IT and Business Services Sector. But the industry proved the pessimists wrong then by moving up the value chain and...
The Satyam saga ends
Friends, The curtains have come down on what has probably been the most exciting act ever played out by the IT industry on the stage of the Indian corporate sector. It all started for me personally when an irate investor from the...
Perspectives for Indian IT
Perspective 2020 – the NASSCOM-Mckinsey study The preview of the report presented today at the NASSCOM Leadership forum by the Mckinsey team has clearly spelled out the numerous benefits that the growth of the industry in the last ten years has delivered...
What is the Low Carbon Zensar
The Low Carbon Zensar movement is an attempt to catalyse grassroots action on the challenge of this generation’s Climate Change! Each one of us who would need to act, and act now! Here’s your chance – a few steps to come clean...