If you start off blowing the whistle too quickly, too early on — and believe me, early in my career, I did — I didn't make any friends, didn't get any further with the program of work I was trying to do.

 You are going to discover some very, very ugly

We heavily rely on references while taking a decision on adoption of a new technology or a product. However, there is no dedicated analysis of product leadership purely based on customer recommendation. From CISO Platform technology Analyst team, w

On 2nd July 2013, National Cyber Security Poilicy has been released. First point in the preamble is an eye opener. It says " Cyberspace is a complex environment consisting of interactions between people, software and services supported by worldwide d

WHY APPSEC (APPLICATION SECURITY) WON’T ALWAYS BAIL YOU OUT OF APPLICATION BASED RISKS?

It is very typical of organizations to perform Web Application (WebApp) Security Assessments before the go-live of newer applications or periodic assessments of th

Regardless of how safe and secure any organisation may think its IT infrastructure is, they realize that they are still not immune to information security threats. In addition to deploying the right tools and technology, organisations globally needs

As the organizations are growing in size,workforce is also becoming increasingly mobile. Employees are using mobile devices like smart phones, tablets and laptops to connect andaccess work related data. Enterprises are highly shifting to tablets from

A generic definition of a crime would be an act that is in violation of the applicable laws. A crime / criminal offense may essentially hurt an individual or the community (city or a nation) at large. This concept has now been taken to the next level

IT Trends and challenges:

World is becoming Instrumental, Interconnected and Intelligent. IT security teams in enterprises are faced with rapidly mutating threats at every possible point of entry. This is fuelled by the fast evolution of threat landsc

Today enterprises live in a world where natural or man made disasters can crumble a business to its knees. It is therefore critically important for these enterprises to recognise the fact that disasters are real and happen and it is essential they ha

We all face difficulties in expressing our thoughts. Here are a few pointers which will help a person to write great articles in just 30 mins.

Step 1: Define the headline

When you write the articles ask yourself 3 questions:

1. Are you saying something

Summary:

Purpose: The purpose of this concept paper is to explain the requirement of a framework which is not only easy to interpret but also dynamic in understanding customer requirements when it comes to analyzing vendors. It also explains the

How important is your personal brand in professional success?

Nobody can deny that personal reputation is critical in the path of professional success. Definitely the most important factor is "who you are?" but it is equally important "how others per

It disappoints me to see the huge focus on technology Not a criticism of the site or the people posting but a reflection of the, misguided, view that information is "owned" by technology because they are the people providing the mechanisms to process

We use security products to secure our systems and our businesses. However, the very security products we use, can themselves have vulnerabilities which can leave us susceptible to attacks. We conducted a study recently to understand the vulnerabilit

This is a fundamental principle of the data privacy jurisprudence that the organization cannot disclose personal information without having prior consent of the data subject unless it is required by law. Global data privacy laws imbibed this principl

Social Media has been the buzz word recently. While I am writing this post, there are more than 500 million active users accessing Facebook and 50% of active users log on to Facebook at least once a day from their office, home , coffee-shop , school,

Gone are the days when Open Source software (OSS) was only being used in educational institutions like universities, research organizations etc. Today most organizations use open source for a variety of reasons such as accelerating time-to-Market, re

Why do we need a CISO Handbook?

• There is no single consolidated source of comprehensive and precise operational knowledge that a CISO would need.
• CISOs need to browse through a sea of information to find what is relevant to them.
• CISOs  feel the nee

Writing not only functional but secure applications is not a new concept or idea that has taken the Industry by storm. However, many Government and Commercial Organizations are still not adhering to or requiring their Organizations to adopt, implemen