Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The deadline for implementing a range of infosec directives, issued by India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has been extended by 90-days. India extends deadline for compliance with IT Directions • The Register InfoSec in Indian now always seems to …
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Because of the soon to be law, requirements for VPN companies operating in India, to keep full logs of their user’s activities for five years, so India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and law enforcement can have access to them – so removing the levels of privacy that a VPN …
I think it is a good thing that the Indian government is giving it’s full support to tightening up cyber security in the country. However it seems that their responses, which seem good on paper are not so when translated into the real world: Indian authorities issue conflicting advice about …
Following the Indian government directives about reporting of cyber-security incidents and the requirement to keep VPN user logs, both of which had ridiculously short deadlines for compliance – here is another: Indian stock markets given ten day deadline to file reports • The Register India in the news – when …
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This article was first published on 5 May 2022 Update 20 May 2022 The Indian government has moved on it’s hard line approach to incident report reporting, and some of the other provisions in their new cyber security laws – except the rules on VPNs! India slightly softens infosec incident …
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Zyxel have issued critical updates for some essential cyber security devices. Check your business cybersecurity plan to see if you are impacted and if so – get the updates done. Zyxel patches critical vulnerability that can allow Firewall and VPN hijacks | Ars Technica You do not have a business …
I have written much about the Government’s latest attempts to control the internet, their Online Safety Bill. For example: Bad laws will only give a political sticky plaster to the technologically uninformed – Smart Thinking Solutions Another attack on privacy in the name of protecting children – Smart Thinking Solutions …
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