Koenig offers Advanced Courses in Web Security

With Internet security and information theft becoming a major concern of our time, there is need for greater infrastructural defenses against cyber attacks. Not just technology and safeguard equipment, organizations today are in desperate need of a well-trained workforce which is equipped and skilled to man the security infrastructure.

Leading IT training provider, Koenig Solutions, has unveiled a series of advanced training programs and courses to produce a workforce that is well equipped in web application security systems, and have the training and ability to out think cyber criminals and hackers.

Developed by EC Council in collaboration with well-respected subject-matter experts and industry practitioners, the CAST (Centre for Advanced Security Training) programs are aimed at nurturing an advanced next generation of cyber security providers. The Advanced Security Training Courses cover a wide variety of cyber concerns.

There are Seven Domains of CAST that Koenig is offering to web programmes and developers: Advanced Penetration Testing; Advanced Mobile Hacking & Forensics; Hacking and Hardening your Corporate WebApplication; Advanced Network Defense; Securing Windows Infrastructure; Designing and Implementing Cloud Security; and Advanced SQLi Attacks and Countermeasures.

“We are increasingly realizing that no matter how secure our systems are, we cannot remain immune to cyber attacks and information thefts as some recent experiences with highly advanced hackers have revealed. Often, the hackers and cyber criminals manage to outthink us and find a loophole to creep into our systems. The recourse is to nurture a new breed of web security experts who can think ahead of the criminals, foresee possible loopholes and block them in time. Our web programmers should simultaneously be trained in highly advanced security processes so that they taje care of the security aspect, even as they programme. Our web security courses are aimed at producing such a breed of well trained cyber security experts,” says Mr Rohit Aggarwal, Founder and CEO of Koenig Solutions.

As we realize the need for such a workforce, we also realize that there is a wide gap between the demand and supply of web application programmers who are also well-trained in the aspect of infrastructural and information security. Familiarity with a web security domain can also give web programmers a certain edge in their field.

Today with new threats emerging, information security professionals cannot remain content with traditional training. Rather, they have to stay up-to-date on rapidly evolving threats, and security technologies to counter them. Over the years hackers have become more sophisticated, and attacks more intense and devastating. Advanced security training to keep you aware of the latest remedial technology and process is indispensable.

In most cases, an organization’s integrity, credibility and trustworthiness depends on its ability to safeguard information of its clients. This ability comes not just from advanced technology and tolls but also from advanced security experts who can work in conjugation with the technology to protect the information systems.

As an IT training provider, Koenig aims to fulfill an entire range of training needs for workers and organizations in the field of IT. Web security is one of the major concerns in the domain today. With CAST courses, one can become a Certified Advanced Information Security Expert.

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Government Stands by its Mukesh Ambani Security Decision

The Union government is defending its decision to offer Z category security cover to industrialist Mukesh Ambani. While there has been a fair bit of criticism in the media, the government has chosen to take a stand & has stated that the threat perception to the RIL honcho is very real.

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari was also quoted as saying that “security is given only after a threat perception assessment.”

Reliance Industries Ltd. chairman Mukesh Ambani had reportedly received death threats from the infamous terrorist group, Indian Mujahideen. This is the same organization that had carried out a numerous devastating terror attacks across the country including the recent Bengaluru and Hyderabad blasts. Sources reveal that the letter proclaiming the death threat was hand delivered at Mr. Ambani’s south Mumbai residence.

Government sources claim that the decision to provide the high profile security cover, given only to a select few, has been taken only after considerable due diligence and threat analysis by law enforcement agencies including inputs from the Intelligence Bureau which has strongly recommended round-the-clock security cover for Mr. Ambani.

As part of the enhanced security arrangement, the RIL chairman will now have armed commandos with escort vehicles accompanying him all the time.

ABP news quoted Union Home Minister, Sushilkumar Shinde, as saying that Mr. Ambani would be paying for the security cover. The industrialist’s existing security entourage isn’t fully equipped to handle the current threat level - both in terms of resource deployment as well as weaponry, further denting claims that the security cover is unjustified. Also, this should prevent it from becoming a burden on the state exchequer.

According to standard operating procedures, every law abiding citizen has the right to security cover should there be a direct threat to his or her life. Given the serious nature of the threat, the CRPF has been assigned the task of protecting Ambani.

This furore has sparked off a debate in some circles that important business leaders should be given security, given the fact that politicians, with their poor track record are guarded round the clock. Also, the question of placing an additional burden on the exchequer has to be viewed in a different light in the RIL chairman’s case – whose enterprise contributes to almost 3% of the country’s GDP.

The home ministry stated that Mukesh Ambani is a “national asset”. It is a fact that 15 lakh people depend on Reliance Industries for their livelihood. In this context, we should be reflecting on our process of government involvement in security provision for business denizens.

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From June Onwards No Full Body scanners at US Airports

Keeping in view the wide spread privacy concerns controversial full body scanners will be removed from US airports. The scanners which are a part of the security screening at airports in the past few years, will no more be seen from June onwards, a Federal Agency announced on Friday.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said, the primary reason behind this is. The company which has installed scanners on airports has not been able to send non-imaging Automated Target Recognition (ATR) software as made mandatory by the congress.

TSA added "Due to its inability to deploy non-imaging ATR software by the Congressionally mandated June 2013 deadline, TSA has terminated its contract with Rapiscan, by June 1, 2013 travelers will only see machines which have ATR that allow for faster throughput. This means faster lanes for the traveler and enhanced security. As always, use of this technology is optional."

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Suspected ISI Agent Arrested in Rajasthan

Rajasthan police have arrested one person suspecting him as ISI aganet in Jaisalmer. He was allegedly passing information about Indian Airforce exercies in Pokhran to his uncle in Pakistan.

According to media reports, the suspected ISI has repporedly passed information and photographs about the IAF exercises in Pokhran. Police have been investing into what other information about the airforce were passed by him to Pakistan. 

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