Year: 2020

Everyone is saying the future of convergence is here. However, the recent work from home culture brings a whole new dimension to cybersecurity.   Most of the top tech firms, including global tech companies with facilities in India, have asked their staff to work from home. Hackers eye workers from home in absence of secure networks.   The Coronavirus crisis introduces critical operational challenges to business continuity, placing high stress on organizations’ management.   With several organisations implementing work from home for employees in the wake of growing COVID-19 threat, hackers…

1.3 Billion People in India stayed at home to save them and save the country. Now a question arises on how to prepare for the Post Covid19 Era.   Current trends—including the digitization of enterprise as well as new threat methodologies—are increasing enterprises’ attack surface exponentially. The worldwide spending on information security and risk management systems to reach $131B in 2020, and expected to touch $174B in 2022 approximately $50B will be dedicated to protecting the endpoint.   Now this data is going to very, reason being there are fast…

In today’s evolving business landscape, innovation is the new corporate mantra for business survival and growth across entities ranging from startups to multinational organisations.   When working in agile environments, organizations may have got the right people on board, put in the right processes, but it is the technology that is letting them down.   A recent report says that the virtual machines are being used for ransomware.   The Coronavirus has shaken up the entire service industry ,The Call Centre & the BPO’s are especially facing the heat as…

In these uncertain times, it motivates us to be self-reliant.   The ongoing crisis due to the COVID-19 outbreak is beyond doubt going to affect the entire economy, but one of the segments that is likely to hit the most is the MSMEs—a sector which accounts for more than 50% of the country’s GDP.   This pandemic can be seen as an opportunity to boost indigenous production, thereby reducing India’s dependency on foreign countries. This depicts a key lesson..   We must learn and implement in the near future. Our…

The growing complexities of network and security threats are beyond what human beings are capable of handling on their own.COVID-19 cannot stop the world from going digital and is continuing at an exceedingly fast pace.   Advantage of digitization means everything is transforming at a high speed. The key result of this rapid digitization is artificial intelligence (AI). This technology is impacting every field, and cyber-security is no exception to the growth and demand curve.   AI nowadays has extended its reach to embrace all verticals starting from health care, producing,…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, technologies are playing a crucial role in keeping our society functional in the time of lockdown and quarantine. And these technologies may have a long-lasting impact post COVID-19.   The number of positive cases reported in India stands at 49,374 with 1685 fatalities. Coronavirus cases in Asia rose to a quarter of a million on Tuesday, as per the Reuters tally, driven by outbreaks in Singapore, Pakistan and India, even as China, South Korea and Japan significantly slowed the spread of the disease.   At 250,650,…

Businesses need to embrace in the context of new consumer journeys and category needs. We are experiencing unprecedented shifts in consumer attitudes and behaviors.   The recent survey shows on how COVID-19 has changed the way on how IT departments were grappling with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report indicates that the vast majority of IT professionals, at 96 percent, report that COVID-19 has changed their thinking. This includes those polled stating that the current situation has made their lives more centered on technology than ever before. in…

It is important to have an application security since no app is created perfectly. It is possible for any application to comprise of vulnerabilities, or holes, that are used by attackers to enter your network. Application security thus encompasses the software, hardware, and processes you select for closing those holes.   The malicious activity detection is only the starting point for attack investigation. To develop response and remediation measures, security analysts need to identify the target of attack, the origin of a malicious object, its popularity, etc. A report says…

MSMEs are the growth accelerators of the Indian economy. As per a recent study, the MSME sector provides employment to over 114 million people and contributes to more than 30% of the country’s GDP. However, this sector has been adversely impacted due to COVID-19 and the new normal. It is important for MSMEs to function seamlessly even in such situations. By leveraging the potential of cloud and new-age technologies, MSMEs can accelerate business development, manage operations effortlessly and engage customers better. In the process, they can drive growth and profitability…

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every aspect of human life. Most notably, it has changed the way we work. Automation has been a driver of change in organizations long before the pandemic, but now it has become a boardroom imperative with a new urgency: business risk and resiliency.   The India cloud market will witness a visible impact in the probable and pessimistic scenario in terms of heightened adoption with public cloud leading the forefront of all infra-related investments. As per IDC’s COVID-19 Impact on IT spending Survey, May 2020,…