Cybercrime is estimated to already cost the world $6Tn annually. In his session at People Matters TechHR India 2020, Vineet Kumar, Founder & President, Cyber Peace Foundation helped organizations understand how to build better cyber defences to secure both company data and employees. While there was a significant amount of dependence on technology in the ...
CyberPeace Foundation partners with WhatsApp to create awareness on cyber safety among students
This association aims to reach about 15,000 students in five Indian states, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Maharashtra by the end of this year as the first phase of a pan-India program. CyberPeace Foundation will train teachers, parents and students using a co-created curriculum to arm them with tips and tricks to increase online …
The Laws behind Drones in India
One often comes across those beautiful and cinematic aerial shots of sceneries, forests and mountains, which is mostly this footage is captured through drones. Amongst other applications of these Remotely Piloted Aircrafts (RPA) or Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) such as Geographical Mapping, Agriculture Assistance, Forest and wildlife Assistance and Law Enforcement, Filming and Cinematography are …
Cyber/ Digital Parenting 101
Parenting is not the same anymore. With technological advancements, parenting has also changed. Children having access to the Internet, cell phones, tablets and other technologies need a different kind of parenting, which is digital parenting. Children can now open a social media account and interact with different people. Children are using various applications to study, …
Basic steps to improve cybersecurity in an organization
Getting Cyber- insurance for one’s organization surely is necessary, if the organization collects customer data and is dependent on certain online resources. However, there are a few things, which as an administrative head or a manager of an organization, one can do to promote a culture of taking information security seriously. Here is a list …
Protecting the mental health of young netizens during a global pandemic
As we are practicing social distancing norms during the quarantine and the kids have stopped going to schools or having any physical means of communication, it has almost become necessary for them to be on the internet for any kind of work. Be it, Classes, at school or tuitions or extracurricular activities or just having …
Securing oneself on Telegram
Telegram, the messaging app, isn’t well known for cooperating with the law enforcement agencies in providing any kind of data of any users. Due to this and various other factors, it has become quite popular amongst extremist groups as well. With over 200 million users worldwide, this application has become a “go-to” destination for criminals ...
Securing oneself on Snapchat
People care about saving their snap scores a lot these days. However, it is equally important to save oneself on Snapchat as well. Snapchat has some great privacy and security features right from the installation, such as identifying the person who took the screenshot of a story or snaps only being visible to friends. While ...
Protecting the mental health of young netizens during a global pandemic
Protecting the mental health of young netizens during a global pandemic As we are practising social distancing norms during the quarantine and the kids have stopped going to schools or having any physical means of communication, it has almost become necessary for them to be on the internet for any kind of work. Be it, ...
The Story ‘Ban on 59 Apps’ is not over
On 29th June 2020, Ministry of electronics and information technology issued a press release which essentially blocked public access to a list of 59 apps. This was done as per Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 read with the relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of ...