Hacking and Protesting

Anonymous India hacked into India's largest fixed line telecoms operator Bharhat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and leaked company information in protest of the country's IT Act Section 66A which restricts citizen's freedom of speech and expression. *

Today, we can say whatever we want and let the world hear our voice without even speaking, thanks to the famous World Wide Web. You post one statement, it becomes controversial, then the next thing you know, it is already the talk of the whole world. The internet rapidly evolved into a blank slate where everyone can paint their ideas and opinions. It is a place where everyone felt free to do whatever, until government agencies drafted laws for cybersecurity.

Since the birth of democracy, protesting has become a common response when people feel their freedom is being threatened. Over the years, and across the globe, protesting has been and will always be people’s way of publicly announcing their objections and desires. Unsurprisingly, forms of protests have evolved with technology.

A proof to this is the recent breach in India. Indian government officials legislated a law which is allegedly suppressing citizen’s freedom of speech and expression. As a response, to the threat, Anonymous India hacked India’s largest telecoms operator, Bharhat Sanchar Nigam Limited.

We all know that hackers are very prevalent nowadays and the each nation's government finds it hard to control them. But putting a law into it might be beneficial to the government and the citizens even if it seems contradictory.

This particular protest may have a positive goal but a cybercrime is still a crime regardless of the end. For companies, government offices, and personal websites to avoid these instances in the future, they must ensure their websites with strong SSL Certificates from a trusted Certificate Authority. GlobalSign, being one of the world's largest SSL and client certificate provider, has just the right solutions for different needs. GlobalSign offers a wide range of trust services and products. It offers SSL certificates secured by the highest encryption level available to date, 2048-bit encryption. You may choose among Domain Validation SSL, Organization Validation SSL, and Extended Validation SSL.

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Key Technology Trend for 2013

Companies progressively use automated controls to manage cost business operations and minimize business risk, says Turnkey Consulting.

Automated control is the application of control theory for regulation of processes without direct human intervention. Simply put, it means that it can self-regulate a technical-plant (such as a machine or industrial process) operating condition or parameters by the controller with minimal human engagement.

Turnkey’s research also outlined current technology trends and how they were viewed from a security perspective, with key findings as follows: *

 

Mobile

• 48% of the organizations planning to invest in a strategy for mobile in the next 12 months are including investment in additional security in these plans
• 17% are not including investment in additional security in these plans
• Only 10% are not planning a mobile strategy.

Cloud Computing

• 39% of organizations planning to invest in a strategy for cloud computing in the next 12 months include investment in additional security in these plans
• 13% are not including investment in additional security in these plans
• 22% are not planning a cloud computing strategy.

Big Data

• 26% of organizations planning to invest in ‘big data’ technology such as SAP’s in-memory database technology, HANA, in the next 12 months include investment in additional security in these plans
• 7% are not including investment in additional security in these plans
• 31% are not planning to invest in big data technology.

Based on the given data, a high percentage of people are considering to invest in additional security be it on their mobile phones, cloud usage, personal computers or corporate devices. Encrypting your devices with strong SSL Certificates from trusted a trusted Certificate Authority, like GlobalSign is the best way to secure digital information. GlobalSign, being one of the world's largest SSL and client certificate provider, has solutions your company needs. GlobalSign offers a wide range of trust services and products. It offers SSL certificates secured by the highest encryption level available to date, 2048-bit encryption. You may choose among Domain Validation SSL, Organization Validation SSL, and Extended Validation SSL.

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IT: Important to Businesses

Companies worldwide are planning to invest and rely on IT departments to increase efficiency on their work, stating that investments over the next three years will focus on cloud computing and business analysis software.*

Careers in IT seem promising for 2013. Surprisingly, the highest-performing companies – those that reported their financial performance is stronger that their industry peers – measured a different advantage for IT in their business.

"We must embrace disruptive technologies such as cloud and mobile that are propelling business growth to create an opportunity for IT to step out of a support function into a more strategic role," Juniper Networks Senior Vice President and CIO Bask Iyer said in a statement. "By creating new products and services and identifying new market opportunities, IT can truly transform and technologically enable the business.”

It's no question that IT can really deliver fast and reliable outcome. In fact, one of the main strengths of IT is the efficient execution of general business processes allowing industries to save not only time, but unnecessary cost. Thus, many businesses, with no doubt, will reach maximum growth should they begin to shift to and embrace IT operations.

This however, is not always the perspective when it comes to IT. Comparatively, small scale businesses or businesses not related to IT slowly recognize the potential value IT has to offer as a collaborative partner in identifying new opportunities.

Given that IT brings a number of advantages, it still has its flaws which may explain why some people are not fully receptive of it. If the system is not strongly guarded enough, data may be breached and lost in an instant. With the vast number of IT industries, the big question is who to trust? That’s where GlobalSign can help. We are one of the world’s largest Certificate Authorities and it’s our job to answer the question of trust. GlobalSign offers a wide range of trust services and products. It offers SSL certificates secured by the highest encryption level available to date, 2048-bit encryption. You may choose among Domain Validation SSL, Organization Validation SSL, and Extended Validation SSL.

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