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NEW DELHI: With more and more people logging into e-wallets or m-wallets for daily payments, the target for hackers has increased exponentially, experts warn, suggesting that upgraded security is the only way to safeguard millions of first-time users and small

The UK’s Home Office announced it will provide more than £26 million in additional police transformation funding in support of 28 projects or technology plans over the next three years, including a joint forensics and biometrics program, as well as a national data analytics focus, according to a report 

Cities have always been hubs of technological experimentation, shaped by the people who inhabit them and the tools they use. We can still see the marks, both charming and garish

SINGAPORE – The world’s largest international police organization, INTERPOL, has announced that the second edition of INTERPOL World will take place from 5 to 7 July 2017.

From the offices of Venture Capital firms to the financial services districts, you may not be able to escape the promising whispers of fintech startups.Take a structural shift to mobile, an ever decreasing cost of computing power, the availability of lots of (big!) data

There are some bits of computing that you just don’t want to trust other people with. They’re just too sensitive. But at the same time, there are some things that people can do as well or better than you, for a lower cost.

SINGAPORE: Singapore will do more in the battle against online crime through a National Cybercrime Action Plan, Home Affairs Minister and Law Minister K Shanmugam announced on Wednesday (Jul 20).

The bad news: It's you against an army of cybercriminals around the world. The good news: A little knowledge can provide an effective defense.Today, almost all hacking is done by professional criminals. In many countries, illegal hacking accounts for more crime, dollar-wise, than noncomputer crime.

Sixty-six percent of data protection leaders admit that employees are the weakest link in an enterprise’s security posture, and 55 percent of organizations have had a security incident or data breach due to a malicious or negligent employee

Last year, CIO, CSO and PricewaterhouseCoopers released a new Global State of Information Security survey, which polled more than 10,000 executives from 127 countries about IT security. The results were a mixed bag, with security incidents up 38% over 2014

A study has found that 69 percent of security professionals believe usernames and passwords alone no longer provide sufficient security and a majority (72 percent) predict passwords will be phased out within nine years.

How many businesses will pay a ransom if attacked? It might depend on if they have already been a victim of ransomware.Some 84 percent of U.S. and U.K. information technology executives at firms

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence that can defeat human pilots in combat. This new AI, known as ALPHA, is designed for military drones or ‘unmanned aerial vehicles’ (UAVs).

NEW DELHI: Foreign investors in companies that provide armoured car services or train private security guards will have to comply with the 49 per cent FDI cap, the government has clarified

Rapid urbanization has made public safety a top priority of city governance. Governments worldwide recognize that urban safety plays a vital role in protecting people’s lives and property, and is the cornerstone of economic growth in modern cities.

Canberra: The Australian government on Thursday launched a $180 million cyber security strategy, in an effort to shore up Australia`s defence against cyber attacks and online fraud.

New Delhi: India is the fourth country that has most number of attacks by the Downadup malware family, a report by Finland-based online security and privacy company F-Secure, said. 

Beijing: China has launched its first cyber security public organisation aimed at better safeguarding national cyber security and guiding internet companies in perform their duties, the media reported on Saturday.

Major defense contractors, the ICT and surveillance / sensors industry cannot ignore the fast growing revenues of the Safe City market, which will accumulate to $226 billion over the next 6 years.

ABI Research is predicting that the overall biometrics market will reach a value of $30 billion by the year 2021. In a statement summarizing recent findings, the market research firm says this will reflect growth of 118 percent since 2015.

National cybersecurity specialist agency CyberSecurity Malaysia, the Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) and the Malaysian Nuclear Agency (ANM), have signed a project agreement to build

Companies have a great deal to gain from the Internet of things.The business leaders who tackle the obstacles to implementing these systems and invest in new capabilities early stand to gain the most from building competitive advantages, write James Manyika and Michael Chui in Fortune.​

In October, The Business of Cybersecurity: 2015 Market Size, Cyber Crime, Employment, and Industry Statistics promised Forbes readers a December follow up. Part II is here, with a recap on cybersecurity spending in 2015 and projections for market growth over the next five years.​

C4ISR Market by Application (Communication-SATCOM, SDR, Man portable communication, battle management, Command & Control, EW-ESM, ECM, ECCM, SIGNIT, Computer-Data Analytics, H/W, S/W, MFD), Platform (Air, Land, Naval), Technology & Geography - Analysis & Forecast 2014 - 2020​

Global physical security market to grow from USD 65.41 Billion in 2015 to USD 105.26 Billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 9.98% from 2015 to 2020. The video surveillance segment is expected to be dominating the physical security market, having been projected to grow at the highest CAGR during forecast period of 2015 to 2020.

Federal officials fear that national security may have been jeopardized when the company building a sensitive phone-number database violated a federal requirement that only U.S. citizens work on the project.​

The extremely high-profile dispute between Apple and the FBI has ushered in a new phase in the debate over the future of secure communications. Though many Americans still struggle with the technical implications of encryption, it's now a household word..​

You probably have no idea Wall Street is censuring this investment. For the past 50 years, they've tried to keep Main Street in the dark. Yet famed investor Carl Icahn makes a killing on it. And Warren Buffett does, too.

Where does the information security budget reside and who owns it? That's an ongoing debate as organizations allocate resources to protect critical assets in a dynamically changing technology and threat environment.