Only 19 per cent of Indian organisations are regularly making significant changes to their cyber-security approach.
Cybersecurity needs to be the order of the day according to many businesses in the country. A recent survey conducted by Sophos (LSE: SOPH), a global leader in next-generation endpoint and network cybersecurity, announced the findings of its report and it shows that Indian companies keen on adopting deeply-integrated synchronized security technology.
Why? Across India, the majority (66 per cent) of business decision makers believe lack of security expertise is a challenge for their organisation. There is also a wider issue at play according to the: employee attitude and behaviour, which can impact corporate cyber-security.
Big concerns
As much as 90 per cent of Indian organisations believe the biggest challenge to their security in the next 24 months will be improving cyber-security awareness and education among employees. In fact, 30 percent of Indian organisations said they will be outsourcing and conducting in-house skill development, training, and awareness for their employees in the next 24 months to improve their cyber-security.
Lack of security expertise makes it difficult for 59 per cent of Indian businesses to detect, investigate and respond to cyber-security incidents. Budget for security In India, two-in-five (43 per cent) organisations have a dedicated cyber-security budget – in most cases budgets are included as part of other broader IT spend. Organisational IT security structures are diverse — one third of those surveyed have a dedicated CISO (Chief information security officer), another third sees cyber-security led by an IT leader, and the remainder gives responsibility to another executive, such as the CTO. The majority of organisations continue to keep most capabilities in-house and only in a few areas such as penetration testing and training, does outsourcing become a more common approach.
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Change is around the corner Only 19 per cent of Indian organisations are regularly making significant changes to their cyber-security approach, with some (38 per cent) intending to make changes to their security approach in the next six to 24 months. In line with this approach, 79 per cent of Indian business decision makers would want to adopt deeply-integrated or synchronized security solutions that can detect, investigate and respond to cyber-threats. What can we do? “As the threat landscape evolves, businesses too need to advance their defense mechanisms with synchronized security solutions that are designed to strengthen their cyber-security posture,” said Sunil Sharma, managing director, sales, Sophos India & SAARC. “Cyber-security is a shared responsibility and while IT teams must be proactive in their response to cyber-threats; aware and knowledgeable employees and leadership teams pave the way for organisations to better detect, protect and respond.”
In India, two-in-five (43 per cent) organisations have a dedicated cyber-security budget. (Representative image) “IT teams should also not shy away from tough discussions on the impact of breaches they have faced and instead leverage them with their CEOs to help invest in predictive synchronized security for their business,” he added.
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Key findings: - 90 per cent of Indian organisations challenged with employee and/or leadership cyber-security awareness and education - 63 per cent of Indian businesses concerned about being exposed to cyber-threats due to employee error - 68 per cent concerned about employees conducting malicious activities - Only 19 per cent of Indian businesses considered making a significant change in their cyber-security posture within the last six months even though one-third of businesses surveyed said that their organisation faced a security breach in the last 12 months
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- Lack of security expertise makes it difficult for 59 per cent of Indian businesses to detect, investigate and respond to cyber-security incidents - 79 per cent of Indian businesses keen to deploy deeply-integrated products capable of synchronizing cyber-security to detect, investigate and respond to cyber-security incidents
Facebook, Twitter Instagram: Tips & Tricks To Keep Social Media Private
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It seems counter intuitive – after all, social media helps you share your opinions and speak to a larger audience. But thanks to rampant identity theft and online stalking, there is a solid argument to be made to target your social posts instead of keeping them public. Karan Bajaj shows you how.
It seems counter intuitive – after all, social media helps you share your opinions and speak to a larger audience. But thanks to rampant identity theft and online stalking, there is a solid argument ..
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Facebook has a dedicated section for privacy settings and tools (accessible in the Settings menu). In this section, you can choose who can see your future activity. For privacy, select Friends instead of Public. Also on the same page, you get the option to limit accessibility of your existing posts on the social network to only friends instead of everyone. You can also choose individual settings for items such as friend requests, email addresses access, phone number access and who can see your friends list. To step up your privacy, switch all these settings to ‘Friends Only’. We also recommend switching off access to search engines outside of Facebook.
Facebook has a dedicated section for privacy settings and tools (accessible in the Settings menu). In this section, you can choose who can see your future activity. For privacy, select Friends instea..
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By default, all the information in your profile is in the public domain. To change this, click on your profile picture on the top bar to view your profile. On this page, you can view all the information available to anyone who opens your profile page. Click the edit button (the small pencil icon) that appears inside the intro box and you can then customize your info. We recommend switching off all the items you want to keep private from prying eyes.
By default, all the information in your profile is in the public domain. To change this, click on your profile picture on the top bar to view your profile. On this page, you can view all the informat..
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Many regular Facebook users tend to upload a lot of photos to share with friends and family. However, you don’t want everyone who visits your profile to have access to all these memories either. One way to hide them is to delete them from Facebook after a few months. The other way is to edit the privacy settings for each photo album. Click on Photos > Albums. For any album that you want to limit access to, click the options button (the three dots on the right corner) on an individual album and choose edit. This will open the privacy settings for the album for which you can select only friends, family or only you.
Many regular Facebook users tend to upload a lot of photos to share with friends and family. However, you don’t want everyone who visits your profile to have access to all these memories either. One ..
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Quite like Instagram, Twitter lets you hide your tweets from the world — this means they’ll only be visible to your existing followers and won’t show up in searches. You will also have to individually approve new followers from that point forward. To do this, go to the ‘Settings and Privacy’ section and look for ‘Privacy and Safety’. Here, you can switch-on the feature marked ‘Protect your Tweets’.
Quite like Instagram, Twitter lets you hide your tweets from the world — this means they’ll only be visible to your existing followers and won’t show up in searches. You will also have to individuall..
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One of the nicest privacy features on Twitter is that it lets you control how people can look you up on Twitter. In Settings, look for a section on Discoverability — here you can choose if other users can find you on Twitter using your email address or phone number. You can also view and manage any contacts you have uploaded to Twitter from your smartphone or choose to remove uploaded data from your account altogether.
One of the nicest privacy features on Twitter is that it lets you control how people can look you up on Twitter. In Settings, look for a section on Discoverability — here you can choose if other user..
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This is the easiest method to prevent access to your Instagram posts and stories. In the Instagram app on your phone, open settings > Privacy and Security. You will see the option for Account Privacy here which gives you the option to switch to a private account. Once enabled, only people that are following you will be able to see your posts. Any new followers will have to be approved by you individually. You should do this if you’re not interested in growing your followers and want to share with a group of people only.
This is the easiest method to prevent access to your Instagram posts and stories. In the Instagram app on your phone, open settings > Privacy and Security. You will see the option for Account Privacy..
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Chances are that you have linked your Facebook profile to your Instagram account — either by choice or by using a Facebook account to login to Instagram. What happens in this scenario is that when anyone visits your Facebook profile, it shows them that you are also available on Instagram. To avoid this, head to Settings in your Instagram app, tap on Account > Linked Accounts > Facebook and select ‘Unlink Account’.
Chances are that you have linked your Facebook profile to your Instagram account — either by choice or by using a Facebook account to login to Instagram. What happens in this scenario is that when an..
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Even with your account set to private, a friend can share your story to their timeline and it would then become public through their feed. To stop this from happening, you can control how your Instagram stories can be seen and shared. In Settings, go to Privacy and Security > Story Controls. Here, you can switch off the option that lets people share your story. You can create a blacklist to hide your story from certain people, choose who can reply to your story (everyone, people you follow or no one) and there are also options to prevent saving story posts to the Instagram archive.
Even with your account set to private, a friend can share your story to their timeline and it would then become public through their feed. To stop this from happening, you can control how your Instag..
