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Category Archives: Information Assurance
Donot link Aadhar to your Bank account
I observed during the Aadhar registration process in Bangalore that by default the registrar was encouraging registrants to link their Bank accounts to the Aadhar application. Risk associated with such process has been highlighted by the fraud reported in Midday … Continue reading
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Cloud Computing and ITA 2008
Though “Cloud Computing” has been on discussion for the last 4 to 5 years, the rate of adoption is considered slower than expected. One of the main reasons is that during this period while there are new developments in the … Continue reading
Posted in Information Assurance, Privacy, Uncategorized
Tagged cloud computing, information assurance, ITA 2008
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Risk Assessment, the ISO maze
Extensive promotion has made ISO 27001 the key recall when we think of “Risk Assessment”. No doubt ISO 27001 is the most popular ISMS framework. The fact that it lends itself to certification makes it attractive to organizations which want … Continue reading
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Domain Registrars under threat of arrest across India
Across India a wave of fear is spreading amongst Domain Name registrars that they may be arrested by the local police. The fear psychosis has been created by the news item that in Noida, Police have arrested the domain registrar … Continue reading
59% growth in Phishing
According to the estimate of RSA, the total number of phishing attacks in 2012 were around 445,004. This was up 59% from the previous year’s number of 279,580 and estiamted to have created a loss of around US$ 1.5 billion … Continue reading
Indian Loan Fraudsters swindle UK clients
An Indian Call center in Delhi is reported to have made nearly 1000 calls every day to UK clients enticing them with Bank loan offers and extracting money in the form of advance fee. A ‘conservative estimate’ of the loss … Continue reading
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