Have you heard of something called cyber hygiene lately? Cyber hygiene refers to fundamental cybersecurity best practices that an organisation's security practitioners and users can undertake in order to improve online security. These practices are generally part of a routine ensuring identity and data security. Similar to other regular practices, cyber hygiene is regularly conducted to assure safety from common threats.
Healthcare information is always sensitive. These details often contain the family's medical history and financial information making it more critical. This made it important for introducing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
HIPAA Compliance as defined is adherence to the physical, administrative and technical safeguards outlined in HIPAA, which covered entities and business associates must uphold to protect the integrity of Protected
Read MoreBigger or smaller ignoring any threat is not advisable in today's highly challenging time. Clickjacking has never been considered a big threat by most businesses over time.
Researchers have found that not every organisation considers clickjacking a severe security threat. But it can harm businesses. In many instances unknowingly the employee who clicks on the false link can open a chain of vulnerabilities for the organisation. Major industry giants like Tw
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With the increased online presence of businesses, the need to secure Web Applications has taken a toll. Web Application Penetration Testing has emerged as an important tool for this.
There have been massive attacks on the organisations causing them to lose billions. Statistics have shown, that around 99% of businesses have at least one undiscovered vulnerability. These security issues are the ticking bomb that can blast anytime. Compromising on cybe
Read MoreAre you thinking, if you need a cybersecurity audit for your business? Or maybe you implemented a cybersecurity audit sometime back, you don't remember. With the increasing cyber incidents globally no business is safe online.
According to Gartner's report, 41% of employees that went remote due to the pandemic want to continue to work from home. These kinds of changes in the global workforce also increase the challenges in implementing security policies. Regu
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India is among the top 3 most affected nations in Asia. India witnessed three times more cyber attacks in 2020 than in 2019. More than 11.5 lakh incidents of cyberattacks were tracked and reported to India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) in 2021. Ransomware attacks have increased by 120% in India as per official estimates.
Not only big businesses but SMBs and startups have also fallen victim to cyberattacks. Online grocery s
Read MoreRansomware is becoming the biggest nightmare for all organisations with the increasing number of attacks amid the pandemic. Cyberattacks have become quite common and all countries whether big or small are falling victim to them. Power companies, oil and gas majors, telecom vendors, educational institutes, universities, retail chains, restaurant chains, transportation, hospitals and even diagnostic labs have been victims of cyberattacks.
In this glo
Read MoreCyber security in Kerala is alarming as according to the police records, one cybercrime is recorded every two hours in the State of Kerala. The sudden outbreak and spread of the pandemic have left everyone in a state of panic and chaos, providing the best time for the threat actors to exploit this fear of humans.
The hackers drafted the attacks aiming to compromise computers and devices to gain access to users' confidential data, banking details and cryptocurren
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