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Data Security Council of India (DSCI) , in partnership with Google , has launched “ Internet Safety Program “. The Workshops aim at enhancing trust in the cyberspace by empowering MSMEs with knowledge and understanding to deal with cyber security challenges to stay safe and secure while operating online. Under the program, DSCI and Google will organize a series of workshops in various cities, to help inculcate safe and responsible behaviour in cyber space by sharing best practices and guidance with the audience, equipping them with necessary guidance, instructions and techniques to address cyber security challenges, and spreading awareness on legal and regulatory obligations. The program was inaugurated by Shri Amitabh Kant , CEO, Niti Aayog and Former Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. Vinayak Godse, Senior Director, Data Security Council of India, said, “There has been an accelerating inc...

SOCIAL COMPUTING Social computing is also playing a very important role as it is much easier to connect to an increased targeted audience through social media than any other traditional methods. With the advent of Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites, larger enterprises will try to use those for their benefits. The IT industry needs to shape up to accommodate the IT demands for social media effectively and quickly. Adaptation of social media platforms continuously introduces an additional set of vulnerabilities towards the consumer segment. Also, when many technology trends and technologies combine, they have a much greater impact. Hence, implementing the right security needs in such situations becomes a complicated task. Jagannath Patnaik, CEO, NNR IT Solutions Looking at the statistics, India has over 170+ million people online at present and this number is set grow to about 330 million by 2015. The increasing adoption of the internet is largely driven by citize...

Avinash Vashistha Avinash Vashistha is Chairman and Geography Managing Director for Accenture in India. Before joining Accenture in January 2011, Avinash was chairman and CEO of Tholons. Earlier in his career, he founded neoIT, an offshore advisory firm, and prior to that, led Nortel’s pioneering outsourcing efforts in India, UK and US. He started his career with AT&T Bell Labs, USA, is a known thought leader in the industry and co-authored the book “The Offshore Nation”. Avinash is also an Executive Council member of NASSCOM. Avinash holds an engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, a master’s in Computer Science from the University of Alberta and an MBA from Arizona.