Spike in hacking during the lockdown
The data protection and privacy laws in India still need a lot of work, said Dr. Pavan Duggal, Founder & Chairman of the International Commission on Cyber Security Law.
While companies are letting their employees work from home; they need to strengthen their safeguarding policies so that they don’t fall into the pit hole of cyberattacks, he told an interactive session on ‘Emerging Cyber Threats and Challenges in India during COVID-19 Lockdown’.
Dr Duggal highlighted that cybersecurity law should be a part of national law and shared the recent global cybersecurity rules and laws that are emerging in the world which the help of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
He pointed out that cyberattacks have become a new normal in today’s times, citing case studies of corporate companies, hospitals, and banks in India and globally that has been hit loss due to cyberattacks.
He emphasized that “CyberSecurity ought to be a part of our life and it’s important to safeguard our network and devices.”
Anyesh Roy, DCP, Cyber Crime, Delhi Police, noted that that business e-mail content is one of the most common frauds which can be prevented, suggesting that writing email id instead of an automatic reply can help to prevent fraud.
He also raised the need for having anti-virus on emails, mobiles, and other frequently electronic devices.
Roy highlighted the preventive measures or precautions taken to protect data, system, among others from the cyber threat which include avoiding free web-based email accounts, establish a company domain name and use to establish a company email account, being awareness about any suspicious activity on any device, considering additional IT and financial security procedure and many more.
Matthew See, Manager, Sales Engineering – APAC, WatchGuard Technologies Inc, noted the spike in the number of hacking cases during the lockdown worldwide.
He also shared global case studies of business houses being trapped due to cybersecurity and gave a brief insight into the working of WatchGuard Technologies Inc in safeguarding the networks of business and corporate companies.
Sachin Dedhia, Founder & CEO, Skynet Secure Solutions, listed practical examples of retrieving any person’s password from their system and how hacking is done on electronic devices. He also shared how one can monitor the number of users on a network via useful sites and apps. Ms.
Sanjay Aggarwal, Senior Vice President, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry raised concerns regarding the increase in cybercrime and hacking cases that have led to a loss in the business and other conglomerate companies.
Due to COVID-19, there has been an increase in the digitalization of working but most of the businesses and companies have not been equipped with the right awareness or right of resources to secure their work networks, according to Aggarwal.
More than 100 industry stalwarts Pan-India attended the session organized by PHD Chamber on 27 June 2020. fiinews.com
