Week-3 Tougher Challenges Ahead to Secure IT

With all these advancement in the technology field regarding the security of information from hackers and cyber threats, not only it adds information security but also gives advantage to the bad guys with the new innovations and ideas.

According to Steve Dublin, the managing director of the Information Security Forum in his interview talks about nine compelling threats which will make securing IT more challenging that ever over the next two years. In the interview, he discusses the findings of the Information Security Forum's Threat Horizon 2017 report that identifies the nice potential threats:

• Increased connectivity speeds present challenges to organizational response time;
• Criminal organizations become more structured and sophisticated;
• Widespread social unrest breaks out, led by tech rejectionists;
• Dependence on critical infrastructure becomes dangerous;
• Malicious agents weaponized systematic vulnerabilities;
• Legacy technology crumbles;
• Disruption to digital systems leads to verifiable human deaths;
• Global consolidation of organizations endangers competition and security;
• Cost of scale of data breaches dramatically.

I totally agree with this article and the interview with Steve Durbin. All these organizations are using the modern technology but not paying enough attention to the vulnerability of the infrastructure they are functioning under. Cyber-threats and Hackers are more organized and strategic and few steps ahead in the cyber-crime game. Information security needs to step side by side with the advancements of all the new technology to be less fragile.  Not only the organizations and businesses, the public themselves are becoming the target of cyber-crime so security measures are vital to everyone.

References:

http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/interviews/tougher-challenges-ahead-to-secure-it-i-2613

Simple Security measures to have a peace of mind

The use of Internet applications to share and store our personal and official information has grown beyond the limit. Internet has made everything in our life so easier and faster as compared to few years back but this flexibility comes with so many risks. Malicious hackers all over the world use computer viruses, worms scam techniques such as Phishing, to steal confidential information compromising peoples privacy and security. The number of Cyber attacks are increasing everyday and most of the incidents are from outside sources. While the security measures are getting better day by day, hackers are getting stronger to fight the security measures. There are some simple security measures you could at least do to have a peace of mind.

1. Establish strong passwords 

2. Put up a strong firewall

3. Install antivirus protection

4. Update your programs regularly

5. Secure yours personal electronics and gadgets

6. Backup regularly

7. Monitor diligently

8. Be careful with e-mail, IM and surfing the web

9. Educate your family, friends and employees

Just taking these simple measures could save lots of valuable information taken away from you. You never know when your own stolen information could be used against you.

References:

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/217484

Biometric security could do away with passwords

This is Suraj Karki and a first time blog user. This is my first quarter at Bellevue University with a Management Information System major. 

Found this article interesting which talks about bio metric security replacing passwords to create stronger online identity protection from hackers and cyber thieves. According to the article, analyst predict that 15% of mobile devices will be accessed with bio metrics in 2015 and the number will grow to 50% by 2020. I think introducing bio metrics to replace the password is a great idea. First, you do not have to remember all these long passwords. In addition, you do not have to worry about changing them every once in a while and there is always the risk of passwords being stolen. With the bio metrics being launched, it will only improve the security measures by making it hard for hackers. However, there is always pros and cons for everything that exists. Introducing the bio metrics might come with great security measures as well as some serious risks. If you want to read more about this topic, please follow the link provided.

Thank you,
Suraj Karki


References:

http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20150313-biometric-security-could-do-away-with-passwords