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Symantec Opens Herndon, Va. Cybersecurity Center
Symantec Corp. has opened a new security operations center in Herndon, Va. to support the company’s managed security services group, the company announced Tuesday.
The new center was formerly located in Alexandria, Va. and Symantec also operates centers in Australia, India and the UK.
Brian Dunphy, a Symantec senior product management director, said the new center provides nearly…
US, India Sign Cybersecurity MOU
Published on 19 Jul, 2011 at 11:04 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 143 times | No Comments
The United States and India signed a Memorandum of Understanding today to strengthen ties and promote information sharing between the nations’ organizations tasked with cybersecurity, the Department of Homeland Security announced.
Signed in New Delhi by Jane Holl Lute, DHS deputy secretary, and R. Chandrashekhar, secretary of the India Department of Information Technology, the MOU helps…
Survey: US Leads World in Technology, ahead of India, China
Published on 30 Jun, 2011 at 9:54 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 79 times | No Comments
A strong demand for technology has helped push the United States to lead the industry globally, taking first place from third just a year ago, according to a new survey.
Although the senior technology executives polled in KPMG LLP‘s annual Technology Industry Business Climate survey said they perceive the U.S. market …
Proposed Cybersecurity Policy in India Stresses Local IT Products
Published on 12 Apr, 2011 at 12:09 in Cyber | Viewed 107 times | No Comments
Hackers Deface Indian Committee Website
Published on 4 Jan, 2011 at 5:21 in Cloud | Viewed 101 times | No Comments
Anonymous hackers on Sunday defaced the official website of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, a unit of the Indian National Congress, according to The Hindu.
Renjith Balan, IT adviser of the party, said he discovered the defacement at 7 p.m. The hackers posted several messages on the website, saying they were acting on the behalf of Pakistan. One of the messages said, “Kashmir…
US, Qatar Sign Security Agreement
Published on 3 Jan, 2011 at 7:51 in Cyber | Viewed 86 times | No Comments
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and her Qatari counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani have signed a bilateral security accord to better fight terrorism and threats in cyberspace.
“Homeland security does not begin at America’s borders — it starts with our international partnerships to…
India’s Youth Warned of Increased Cyber Crime
Published on 28 Dec, 2010 at 10:52 in Cyber | Viewed 745 times | No Comments
A police commissionerate in India recently hosted an initiative aimed at creating awareness regarding cyber safety, and in particular to warn girls to not upload pictures on social networking sites to avoid falling victim to cyber scammers.
Held in the second largest city in the state of Maharashtra in western India, the Cyber Safe Pune 2010 forum conducted lectures at…
Major Indian E-Commerce Portal Hit by Cyber Attackers
Published on 23 Dec, 2010 at 10:29 in Cloud | Viewed 72 times | No Comments
One of the biggest online shopping websites in India suffered a cyber attack that rendered the site FutureBazaar dysfunctional for 48 hours, The Times of India reports.
FutureBazaar CEO Rajiv Prakash said the company is currently working to tackle the problem internally and also taking a legal action against the hackers.
“We have filed a complaint with the Cyber Crime Branch in Mumbai,” he told Times of India. “Internally,…
India’s Gov’t Websites Still Exploitable Despite Successful Cyber Attacks
Published on 15 Dec, 2010 at 11:55 in Cyber | Viewed 500 times | No Comments
Cyber crime experts in India are warning about the security flaws of many government websites, claiming the recent cyber attacks by Pakistani hackers have spurred little action in terms of enhanced cybersecurity.
“Websites like that of Income Tax of India has loopholes and it can be hacked easily,” cyber crime expert Sunny Vaghela told…
Cyber War Rages as Indian, Pakistani Cyber Armies Battle it Out
Published on 6 Dec, 2010 at 11:00 in Cloud | Viewed 348 times | 4 Comments
A group of Pakistani hackers calling itself the Pakistan Cyber Army has begun attacking the websites of the Indian Cyber Army attack after ICA shut down nearly 40 Pakistani government websites.
According to The Express Tribune, the two hacker collectives have been engaged in a cyber war, attacking each other’s and government-owned websites. Some of these sites include those belonging to…
