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Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire Redcore, a privately held Australia-based consulting company that specializes in providing identity and access management services (IAM), as well as security services for Cloud, network management, public key infrastructure, cyber defense, applications and the internet of things. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms are not being disclosed. As part of its offerings, Redcore develops holistic authentication, authorization and administration services across a range of cloud, web, mobile and adaptive access-management technologies. Redcore has deployed multiple large-scale cybersecurity solutions,...

Getting a new Vodafone mobile connection is now easy, as all one has to do is walk into a Vodafone store with an Aadhar card number, and along with fingerprints of the user, to get a new Vodafone SuperNet connection, either on pre-paid or post-paid basis. The telecom company has even created a special app, which can be used across the 10,000+ stores across the country for instant validation for new mobile connections by the various retailers at these stores. The process of instant validation will start rolling out from...

Consumers are wary of the increased frequency of cyber-attacks against retailers, and many are ready to walk away from their favorite retailers if a breach occurs. In fact, according to the 2016 KPMG Consumer Loss Barometer, in surveying 448 consumers, KPMG found that 19 per cent said they would stop shopping at a retailer that had been a victim of a cybersecurity hack, even if the company took the necessary steps to remediate the issue. In addition to those who would abandon the retailer entirely, 33 per cent of the consumers...

Data Xgen Technologies has launched a paid email address service in Hindi characters or Devanagari script. The company also plans to roll out free registration of such IDs on the lines of Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo soon. “A few hundred IDs have been created till now on .bharat domain, which is available in Devanagari script. Anyone interested in Hindi script ID can visit our website and buy email package as per their need,” PTI report published in ET quoted Data Xgen Technologies Founder Ajay Data as saying. Email sent from these addresses...

Marketing Professor, Gautam Challagalla of business school IMD, Switzerland has invested an undisclosed amount in a Mumbai-based startup NearU “The NearU team is excited to have Gautam Challagalla as one of its investors as his expertise in marketing will help it pave the way for its future marketing plans and expansion in international regions,” said Hemanth Meka Rao, founder and CEO, NearU Mobile Pvt. Ltd. NearU is a location-based mobile app for deal discovery. The startup follows an online-to-offline model connecting users to outlets. The app showcases live information on...

In the digitized, Internet has become an integral part of our lives. Internet which has become base of our communication and information exchange has turned 25 years old today. Here are some interesting facts about the journey of Internet so far. #1. Computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee is the inventor of internet or World Wide Web (www). Sir Lee developed internet at CERN Labs in Switzerland. Sir Tim wrote the protocol for WWW on a NeXT machine, a computer developed by late Steve Jobs, who was CEO of Apple . # 2....

The incidents of insider threats continue to rise poising a serious damage to organizations. However, decision makers are not yet fully prepared to tackle security threats, the latest study has revealed. A joint study conducted by Global cyber security leader Forcepoint and Ponemon Institute found that 91 per cent of IT operations and security managers considered that the risk of insider threats will continue to grow or stay the same. Global cyber security leader Forcepoint, in partnership with the Ponemon Institute, today released the results of its “Insecurity of Privileged Users”...

Newsdash, a startup by IIIT Hyderabad alumni aims give a digital touch to newspaper reading. The company aims to serve the 300 million newspaper readers in the country by bringing their favorite newspaper directly to their mobile in an easy and effortless way. “Although there are many news reading apps out there, none of them quite provide the simplicity of the newspaper in consuming the entire day’s news at once with just a few glances across pages. This is the gap in the current news offerings that Newsdash is addressing....

PNB housing finance limited has selected AuthShield as a security installation to safeguard the financial accounts of their customers. Authshield is the innovative product of Innefu Labs, an Information Security Company. With an increase in incidents related to hacking, tightened security around consumer accounts has become a vital must for financial service providers. Recently, PNB signed a deal with AuthSheild Labs, a budding Indian Information Security and R & D organization. E-Mail hacking is an integral part of any hacking attack today and 65 percent of the top hacking attacks...

Software major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has reportedly settled an ongoing law suit with Orange County, California. The company has paid USD 26 million to settle the three-year long dispute. The dispute was over a failed replacement to the county’s automated property tax system that initially was to be completed by 2010 but was not delivered. “TCS and Orange County have agreed to settle an ongoing dispute regarding the joint development of a Property Tax Management System. Both parties had asserted claims against each other, but neither admits any liability....