Jasjit’s Cyberoughts

Unfortunately the amendment does not address privacy issues and does not have any specific guidelines for protection of personal information by various service providers and agencies.

I am disturbed by the fact that government can intercept computer communication for any kind of crime where as letters and telephones may be intercepted and monitored Read more »

End point security is one of the biggest network security challenges that IT departments of most organizations are grappling with today. We have a variety of client security solutions available in the market. Most of them are very comprehensive. However, they are pretty complex to implement and manage. Since IT department may not have full control over the terminals that users may be using to connect to the company network Read more »

I can’t help but wonder how iconic companies like Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Freddie Mae and Freddie Mac can go wrong in assessing credit worthiness and go on sanctioning loans while overlooking key factors such as borrower’s income or capacity to pay. 

Current financial crisis primarily arose because of banks decision to lend money against real estate as collateral. Such decisions to lend money were taken without thorough appraisal Read more »

Traditionally, information security has been handled by deploying technology solutions and through information technology management and governance processes. Rarely, has any organization looked at this subject as an extension of overall business and as a contributor to bottom line by assessing and managing information security related risks proactively.

Most of the professionals handling information security for various organizations are either technology professionals or from similar background. The success of an information security program Read more »