Budget 2023: Wishlist of top tech execs for hardware, cybersecurity and electronics industry     With Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman getting ready to present the last full budget of the Modi 2.0 government, expectations are high. The finance minister has held several rounds of discussions with various stakeholders, and final touches are being given to the Union Budget for 2023-24, ...

Israel’s cybersecurity chief blames Iran for cyberattacks Jerusalem: Gaby Portnoy, Director-General of Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD), has accused Iran of “leading an aggressive, orchestrated campaign against Israel’s cyberspace”. Portnoy made the remarks on Tuesday at the annual CyberTech Global conference held in the coastal city of Tel Aviv with the participation of hundreds of companies, startups, government entities and ...

Quad senior cyber group meets in New Delhi to strengthen cybersecurity cooperation   Quad senior cyber group meets in New Delhi to strengthen cybersecurity cooperation On January 30-31, the Quad senior cyber group convened in New Delhi to review the collective strategy for improving cybersecurity cooperation and resilience. The cyber group includes the Secretary of Australia’s Department of Home Affairs, ...

Budget 2023: Decode the budget with industry experts   With just a few hours away, the last full budget of the Modi 2.0 government is all set to be unveiled by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Will the government axe the tax? Will fuel come under the GST ambit? How will the government mitigate the ballooning fiscal deficit? Will India ...

The best defense against a ransomware attack is a clean recovery: Commvault CEO Sanjay Mirchandani     It’s been easy pickings for bad guys on the dark side of the web – there’s more open source intelligence than ever before, a treasure trove of personal identifiable information (PII) and compromised credentials on hacker forums, and a large language model chatbot ...

Cybersecurity: Quad agrees to leverage machine learning, related advanced technologies to enhance cyber security   By Lalit K Jha Washington: Quad, an informal grouping of four countries Australia, India, Japan and the United States, has agreed to leverage machine learning and related advanced technologies to enhance cyber security, the White House has said. Officials of Australia, India, Japan and the ...

Govt may notify data embassy policy as part of new Data Bill The centre may soon notify a policy permitting countries and corporations to set up “data embassies” within India that will offer “diplomatic immunity” from local regulations for national as well as commercial digital data, top lawmakers told ET. The policy may be introduced as a part of the ...

India will need 90,000 forensic scientists in 9 years   Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Centre will integrate forensic science-based investigation with the justice system to increase the conviction rate which is around 50%. He said the Centre will also make changes to the existing IPC, CrPC, and other laws dealing with crime to make forensic ...

Privacy concerns over AI-based chatbots   ChatGPT is a chatbot launched by OpenAI in November 2022. Artificial Intelligence (AI) based applications are the most significant addition to automation. AI-based chatbots work as enablers to enrich customer service, employee experience, performance improvement, and other processes which truly eliminate human intervention, by bringing in accuracy, speed, and agility. However, as these chatbots ...

Kamal Haasan’s party website hacked Kamal Haasan’s party website hacked Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 27 (ANI): The official website of Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) party headed by actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan has been hacked, said party on Friday. The party also denied reports of its merger with Congress, claiming that its website was hacked. Taking to Twitter, the MNM said, ...