NEXT100 winner Saurabh Nigam promoted to Group CTO of DMI Finance
Saurabh Nigam has been promoted to Group CTO of DMI Finance. Before this, he was CTO at the same company. Earlier, he was associated with Onicra Credit Rating Agency of India, CRISIL, CAMS, HCL, TCS and Scandent Solutions. Nigam has been a NEXT100 winner in 2013. He completed his MTech in Metallurgy from IISc and BE in Metallurgical Engineering from NIT-Jamshedpur. By CIO&Leader
PUBLIC EMERGENCIES: How tech can help...
The explosive resurgence of Coronavirus cases across India has put a severe strain on our healthcare management system. The second wave of the pandemic has flagged our frail emergency response readiness and inapt health infrastructure. The scenes of myriad funeral pyres and desperate appeals from people to save them and their loved one’s lives are becoming national and global headlines.... By Jatinder Singh
75% of application security budgets rising in 2021 due to frequent application attacks: Study
With most attacks on financial services institutions executed at the application layer at a time when customers demand more digital services and customer-facing applications are developed in-house, application security is mission-critical, according to Contrast Security’s 2021 State of Application Security in Financial Services Report. The report is based on a comprehensive survey of... By CIO&Leader
Five fundamentals for effective security design
As organizations continue to accelerate their digital innovation initiatives with an effective security design, new network edges are also introduced to their security infrastructure – from data center, LAN, SASE and more. The network continues to expand and splinter the perimeter, allowing new attack vectors to present opportunities for cyber criminals. Many organizations have... By Rajesh Maurya
75% of APAC organizations believe Zero Trust frameworks are very important following COVID-19: Study
75% of APAC organizations believe Zero Trust frameworks are very important following COVID-19, according to a study by Ivanti and Frost & Sullivan, entitled “Embracing Secure Access in a World of Rapidly Expanding Virtual Borders” – which investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cybersecurity and compliance attitudes and behaviors in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. Examining... By CIO&Leader
FinTech start-ups are going to be the next big employment creators
To say that the FinTech sector in India is among the fastest growing industries of the country would be a gross understatement. India has become Asia’s largest destination for FinTech investments, overtaking China and is on the cusp of a FinTech revolution. In fact, a large chunk of India’s unicorn start-ups over the last few years have been FinTech companies. It is estimated that India’s FinTech... By Robin Bhowmik
NEXT100 winner Mandar Patkar promoted as Director - IT Services at GIA India Laboratory
Mandar Patkar has been promoted as Director - IT Services at GIA India Laboratory. In his earlier role at the organization, he served as the Head of IT. Patkar won the NEXT100 Award in 2020 and according to him, the recognition earned through winning helped him in a huge way in his promotion. Earlier, he was also associated with Jio, Reliance Brands, Arshiya International, and MSC Mediterranean... By CIO&Leader
2020 was catalyst for DevOps tool adoption: Survey
DevOps teams dramatically increased the pace of technology adoption which allowed them to take larger steps toward DevSecOps, increased release speeds and advanced automation, according to GitLab’s annual global DevOps survey. The survey of nearly 4,300 respondents from around the world uncovers how roles across software development teams have changed as DevOps teams mature. “This year’s Global... By CIO&Leader
Android stalkerware on the rise: Study
Mobile stalkerware, which is software silently installed by stalkers onto victims’ mobile devices without their knowledge, is on the rise, ESET Research finds. In 2019, ESET telemetry recorded almost five times more Android stalkerware detections than in 2018, and in 2020, almost 1.5 times more were recorded than in 2019. In addition, ESET Research has discovered serious vulnerabilities in... By CIO&Leader
Businesses prioritizing composable ERP strategy as pandemic accelerates cloud migration: Survey
Nine out of 10 organizations worldwide – a staggering 94% – are embracing a Composable Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) strategy to overcome the limitations of legacy applications and modernize their businesses to gain a competitive market advantage, according to a Boomi survey. Commissioned with Coleman Parks, the independent survey of 1,675 CTOs and enterprise architects shows companies are... By CIO&Leader
Organizations accelerating movement of advanced workloads to cloud: Survey
Organizations are accelerating their cloud journey to take advantage of its flexibility, control costs, speed time-to-market, and simplify data management, according to Denodo’s Cloud Usage Survey. According to survey respondents, which included 150 global business and IT professionals from various industry sectors, hybrid-cloud deployment remains the dominant choice, as more than a third of... By CIO&Leader