With the ever increasing threats in cyber world, 2010 will be no different from the previous years - but with only more online threats. Security experts predict that malicious hackers could try their hands with cloud computing attacks, Web 2.0 attacks, Online attacks and so on. In this cover story, we bring you the global top 18 security threats to watch-out for in 2010.

On the 23rd and 24th February, a leading cyber crime security event,
e-Crime India, will be staged in Mumbai for the first time. With the support of the Data Security CounciI of India (DSCI) and The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), the forum will be hosted at Hotel Novotel, Juhu Beach, Mumbai.

Blended, sophisticated and complex threats are emerging as major challenge to almost all IT heads of organizations, irrespective of size. Author in this article has discussed the nature of the blended attacks and few preventive measurements, in brief.

In a time, where every anti-virus softwares need a broadband connection for its update process, sub-broadband speed of 44 kbps is considered to be a hindrance. Does this mean lower Internet speed compromises security? Let’s find out in this brief article.

Narus is one of the world’s leading companies, pioneers technologies for the protection and management of large IP networks, besides having significant focus on cyber security, has continued its momentum in India this year. ‘InfoSecurity’ recently spoke to Mr. Yogi Mistry, Senior Vice President, Narus, to understand their strength and strategy for Indian market.

Through the rapid usage of pen drives, the spread of deadly malicious codes through them are common today. Hence the need for protecting the USB ports has its own advantages. In the secure programming section, we present you with simple programming codes to disable and enable USB ports using ‘C’ language.

Demand for Internet Security Suites is on the rise to cope up with the growing pressure to prevent blended, sophisticated and complex threats. This article looks at various aspects of the current and future internet security suites market in India.

France based IT security company, NETASQ is providing sigficant and very strong level of security to every size of organizations across the world. We at ‘InfoSecurity’ spoke to Dominique Meurisse, Executive VP, NetASQ, to understand NETASQ’s strategy and vision for Indian market, at the launch of their India operation.

As DLP market gains momentum, the claims from DLP vendors rise high. In such scenario, you should be enlightened with the available DLP solutions, market drivers and advanced features. This article provides you all information in one shot.

Recently Microsoft filed lawsuits against four companies in Delhi High Court. The court instead of favoring Microsoft imposed a fine on it and in the process tarnished its reputation. In this brief article, we bring you the latest news analysis on how Microsoft is using India's skewed patent laws for its business interest.