Malaysia plans to create national cloud policy, AI regulatory framework – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113869927,imgsize-11572,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/grc/malaysia-plans-to-create-national-cloud-policy-ai-regulatory-framework.jpg Malaysia plans to create a national cloud policy and artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory framework, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday. The national cloud policy will focus on four core areas, namely boosting public service innovation and efficiency, promoting economic competitiveness and growth, strengthening user trust ...

Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 passed in Lok Sabha, ET CIO The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023, passed in Lok Sabha on Monday. Speaking on the floor of Lok Sabha, Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “The world today is discussing and praising the government’s Digital India initiative. Many countries want to implement some of these — UPI, Aadhaar – ...

CISO Kanupriya Vazandar moves on from DIAGEO India – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113844461,imgsize-9748,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/ciso-movement/kanupriya-vazandar-steps-down-as-ciso-of-diageo-india.jpg Kanupriya Vazandar Kanupriya Vazandar, Chief Information Security Officer (Senior General Manager) at DIAGEO India, has announced her resignation. A recognized expert in information security, Kanupriya’s leadership and insights have significantly shaped the company’s security landscape. Before this appointment, she worked with JPMorgan Chase & Co. Vazandar bids farewell ...

China drafts rules for using facial recognition technology, CIO News, ET CIO China’s cyberspace regulator said on Tuesday it has issued draft rules to oversee the security management of facial recognition technology in the country, following concerns raised in public about overuse of the technology. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said facial recognition technology can only be used to ...

Cloudflare denies hosting sites linked to data leak at India’s Star Health – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113803782,imgsize-24152,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/data-breaches/cloudflare-denies-hosting-sites-linked-to-data-leak-at-indias-star-health.jpg U.S. software firm Cloudflare has denied any role in hosting two websites run by a hacker offering for sale stolen personal data and medical records of customers of top Indian insurer Star Health. The statement comes after the company was made party to an ...

New data bill’s mandate could pose security risk, say social media platforms, ET CIO Social media platforms have said the new data bill’s mandate to verify the identity of millions of children and their parents could pose a security risk. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDP) was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, paving the way for India’s ...

Education and healthcare bear brunt of cyberattacks: report – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113758763,imgsize-144146,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/ot-security/education-and-healthcare-bear-brunt-of-cyberattacks-report.jpg Education was the most targeted sector by cyberattackers in the past six months, with organisations facing 8,195 attacks per week, more than double the global average of 3,355, a new report has found. Healthcare was the second-most targeted with 7,982 weekly attacks per organisation over this period. It ...

Building the government-to-citizen (G2C) value chain with cloud-first-security-first approach, ET CIO Rajesh Awasthi, Global Head of Cloud and Managed Hosting Services, Tata Communications India is transforming towards a digital, diverse, secure and inclusive economy and cloud computing is helping the country in bridging the digital divide, step by step. Digital India Mission has transformed the delivery of government services to ...

Centre blocks some websites exposing Aadhaar, PAN details – ET CISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-113726730,imgsize-19776,width-1200,height=765,overlay-etciso/data-breaches/centre-blocks-some-websites-exposing-aadhaar-pan-details.jpg New Delhi, The government has blocked some websites that were exposing sensitive personal identifiable information (PII), including Aadhaar and PAN card details of Indian citizens. The IT Ministry was made aware that some portals were exposing sensitive data of people. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) lodged ...

Microsoft’s Brad Smith, ET CIO The biggest threat and tool to manage cybersecurity will be through generative AI, said Microsoft USA vice chairman Brad Smith during the B20 India Summit 2023 in New Delhi. Addressing cybersecurity attack concerns raised by generative AI, Smith said that there will be an increasing number of organisations and governments that will use the technology ...