Though there has been an increase in use of Internet among Indians, many of them are not aware of the cyber spams. Many computers are infected with these cyber spams controlled by specific compromised zombie computers. According to a British IT security firm, the Sophos, USA, India and Russia are the top three countries producing… Read More »
Internet security is important for the firms operating in financial services industry to protect their valuable data from the hackers. It protects the customer information including authentication. If the security controls are ineffective, a financial institution becomes liable for all unauthorized transactions and violated laws regarding client confidentiality. A survey, The State of Information Security… Read More »
According to the Internet world stats 2010, there are 10 crore Internet users in India. In 1998 there were only 25,000 Internet users and 0.1% penetration and in 2010 the penetration increased to 8.5%. However, according to a report from BCG, it is estimated that Indian Internet users will reach to 23.7 crores from the… Read More »
India has achieved tremendous growth in the use of cellular telephones, computers, smart phones, and social networks in the recent times. Along with it, the vulnerability to cybercrime is also increasing in the country. India is found to occupy the second place after the US in cybercrime activities. Symantec, in its Internet Security Threat report,… Read More »
Over 36,000 computers were used to spread malware across India in 2010, according to a report by the data security company Symantec. The report states that Mumbai contributed thirty-one percent to Bot infections. Pune accounted for one percent of Bot infected computers in the last year. A Bot or bot net is a compromised computer… Read More »
Internet is the most common source used for various business applications these days. In India too, there has been an increase in Internet penetration annually. Most of the claimed internet users (who have ever used internet) are getting converted to active internet users (who access internet at least once in a month). Also, people have… Read More »
It is known that marketing has a great significance in the growth and development of a business. Today’s marketing trends are related with the Internet. The marketing of products and services over the Internet is called as online marketing. It has various other names like web marketing, Internet marketing, search marketing, and e- marketing. Marketing… Read More »