Thursday, June 25, 2020

How IARM responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hey all!
 IARM

Today we will discuss how IARM Information Security responds to the noble pandemic. Hope this out pores will be helpful for a business owner to manage their organization.
Here I would like to share about IARM. Who is IARM? and what IARM provides? In Simple, we can say IARM, a leading cybersecurity company, offers information security services and solutions to the organisation across all vertices.
With a pandemic situation across the world and most organisations, irrespective of the size and volume of business, is trying to strike a balance between responding to their customer requirements and at the same time respecting the situation of their own employees. Having an established HR, Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan, IARM  were geared up to handle the situation with ease. Fortunately, our teams were well trained and put to practice to work with bare minimum infrastructure and expect bottlenecks. With a robust change control procedure that was in place and part of routine operations, it was not difficult For IARM Information Security Pvt .Ltd. to operate under the COVID 19 Situation.
The team continued to focus on the customer's requirements due to the reason we were always ready to expect these scenarios and situations. The IARM Team was addressing the avalanche of customers requests and everyone wanting to have their share of attention at the same time. It is perfectly acceptable as a service provider working in the security domain to receive such peaks in the request, but since we had the plan of action to address those, it was well delivered as well as received by our customers.
Indeed the COVID 19 has increased our value of services and solutions in the Cyber Security Market, and based on the services and solutions rendered, IARM Information Security Pvt.Ltd. keeps receiving more such requests from existing and new clients. Customers see the value of the services and solutions delivered during the time and crisis and we have been delivering our promises irrespective of whether they are new or existing customers. 

We reflect our motto “Trustworthy Partners Forever”.

With the pandemic situation still continuing, and the corporate network extended to each and every employee home almost full time, the threat landscape has increased phenomenally. 
IARM Information Security Pvt. Ltd., continues to offer the Cyber Security Services and Solutions and in parallel ensures and protects the employees to stay safe both mentally and physically  along with the families.

Thanks
Priya
IARM Information Security - Cyber Security Company in Chennai

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Phishing Attack Advisory related COVID-19



Heh all!  Phishing Attack Advisory ( COVID-19 ) that is security best practices for avoiding
cyber risks and potential threats which is likely to create disruption in business.

Here, we provide a high level summary of the security best practice and recommendations as detailed.
We hope the information will be useful for each and every organization & individual(s) as well.

If you would like to know more about this Alert and fixes, please do get in touch with
us at info@iarminfo.com | https://www.iarminfo.com/

Summary 

India’s Cyber Security nodal agency has warned against a large scale cyber attack against
individuals and businesses, where attackers may use COVID-19 as a bait to steal personal
and financial information

The phishing campaign is expected to start today (21st June 2020) with hackers using ncov2019@gov.in mail id.

The attackers are expected to send malicious emails under the pretext of local authorities that are in charge of
dispensing government funded COVID-19 support initiatives.

In order to increase resilience against this threat, IARM advising below immediate measures
  • IARM recommends individuals and businesses not to open any suspicious mails and mail attachments.
  • The most important thing to pay attention to in any phishing attack email is the embedded link.
  • Never ever click on any link in an unsolicited e-mail before checking with IT team 
  • Advise IT Administrators to block mail id ncov2019@gov.in and keep all systems current with the latest security patches and updates
  • IARM recommending IT/Security team to send Phishing warning message to end users to create awareness

If you have any queries, feel free to contact us.

Thanks,



Sunday, June 7, 2020

9 Principles of Cyber Security behaviors during COVID-19



 Cybersecurity Behaviors during COVID-19


Over several companies, the accelerated shift to a totally dispersed workforce due to sheltered orders has generated the slew of sudden and intense cybersecurity challenges.


According to survey 4,048 executive decision-makers across major business sectors in India, Australia,
France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore and the US. The study explored in this
COVID-19 case, the cyber threat happened where several people turned from home to work. 


Indian decision-makers were surveyed at around 520 people across small, medium and large firms, and the
Top Cybersecurity company in Bangalore found the following: 

  • There was a 100x increase in COVID-19-themed malicious files from February through March aloneBut Indian companies remain alarmingly unconcerned.
  • More than two-thirds (61 per cent) of Indian corporate leaders study revealed that everybody's company is even more likely to have chronic cybercrime in Covid-19 situation compared to a massive 45 per cent global one.
  • Nearly one-third of SMBs (30%) assume that cyber-attacks are more likely to occur during COVID 19 now than it was before
  • The study suggests whereby, in the current situation, nearly three-fourths (73 per cent) of prominent business decision-makers examined report says that by allowing personal devices to operate from home can cause attacks
  • 9 Of the 10 business leaders and decision-makers surveyed in India, 9 believe that the devices they use at home are safe from advanced cyber threats
  • In India 72 percent of people use personal devices to do their work, mostly laptops and mobile devices, while 93 percent use a combination of company-issued and personal devices. 
  • In India, nearly three-quarters (69%) work more often remotely as a direct consequence of the pandemic, compared to 56% worldwide.
  • Smaller firms are less probable for using security firm-provided devices to work at home (35 per cent) medium to bigger businesses (68 per cent), which means they are at excessive or greater risk of not having the required security software deployed on individual measures to prevent cyberattacks.
  • Surprisingly and curiously (62 percent) of the Indian companies surveyed, the maximum of all surveyed countries, have presented their
  • employees with additional steps to help prevent threats while working remotely.
Conclusion


Organizations are under pressure to respond quickly to the rising number of cyber security threats. Even though there is a
need for information security services that committed to extending to be high, the number of workers required or the required combination
of knowledge and skills in cyber security is hard to predict with certainty.

If you have any queries or help please feel free to contact us IARM Information Security | info@iarminfo.com | www.iarminfo.com

Thanks
Priyadharshini

Thursday, June 4, 2020

The Critical Guide for Assessing Vulnerability and Penetration Testing



Penetration testing and vulnerability assessment is the most extensive playground for auditing. It features
reporting, assessing vulnerabilities, penetration testing and parching of the web/mobile software and media
infrastructure of your company.

Whereas the VAPT testing company in Bangalore evaluation aims at discovering the safety gaps in the program,

penetration testing really exploits the openings found to create a PoC (Proof of Concept).They develop
aspect of the design of protected code and are therefore of extreme issue in the present day there convoluted
cyber-attacks..

Below are a few of the advantages of penetration testing and assessment from the
Penetration testing Company in Bangalore. It's inclusive of the incorporation of surveying for vulnerabilities announcing and parching the web/portable software systems management frame of organization.

What's the importance of VAPT?


VAPT is a method in risk evaluation of web applications. VAPT testing company is prevalent in today's day and the
age of so many cyber assaults also lays a bit of code development. A website not researched for vulnerabilities
may give attackers an option to achieve access.

Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing is a preliminary test for identifying bugs within an application
software, and is easily misinterpreted as two forms of testing. VAPT strives to try to identify and spot bugs.
Penetration Testing is performed to see if the risk is different when the frame is abused and exploited

Below are a few of the advantages of penetration testing and assessment.

1. Discovers vulnerabilities

VAPT Testing Service from Bangalore aim would be to find vulnerabilities. This is because accepted
vulnerabilities' amount is proportional to the skills of this analyzer and the time length of this evaluation.
Be as it may, a test centres around the hazard vulnerabilities and, even if none are found, it explores
vulnerabilities which are low-risk and moderate. That's to enhance the safety of their frameworks
penetration tests and vulnerability assessments should be achieved.

2. Areas vulnerabilities at risk 

Due to the way in which penetration crabbers from a Vulnerability Assessment company in Bengaluru
could attempt to exploit the distinguished vulnerabilities, the customer can recognize what a scammer
should do if these vulnerabilities were misused.Every so often, a vulnerability that is conceivably
delegated as a threat could have been evaluated as a low - to - moderate hazard depending on the
level of difficulty of such a exploitation that penetration crabbers implied was executing.
To show they are higher risk, vulnerabilities at lower risk may has an impact. 

3. Checks competences in cyber-defense 

Through an assessment of the penetration, the security group of the customer should always
have the option to recognize assaults that are peculiar and pay attention if and as required.
The Penetration testing vendors must also be obstructed and if a disturbance is known, the
security team should begin exams and deport their resources from the investigative process.A range
of such cyber-attacks must be identified, concerns should be produced as suggested from the
industry's own operations and interaction by individuals.

Generally, the management of a customer organization does not act with any sensible definition
when problems are marked inside the institution. Despite how security people or organizations raise
a few difficulties to the government, they don't get money or support. In this type of situation,
the review may affect the outcomes and it may distribute assets.

What Will The VAPT BENEFITS?
  • Identifies media infrastructure and the web / mobile app risks and vulnerabilities. 
  • Affirms the effectiveness of existing security safeguards. 
  • Evaluates the sensitive exposure to guidance as well as the processes. 
  • It provides recovery actions to safeguard against potential attacks and to detect flaws.
  • Strengthens system performance and resource updates / improvements to safety. 
  • In some of these, the integrity of resources in case of malicious content hidden. 
  • Helps to sustain and achieve conformity with Central and necessary public officials.

CONCLUSION

Penetration testing Provider offer you insight into the security effectiveness of an organization
in addition to a road map.Vulnerabilities may be detected and corrected by recruiting
experts to model a cyber-attack before a hacker or malicious attacker exploits them.

Penetration testing helps address the question, "How reliable are my equipment, infrastructure,
individuals, and physical security in preventing an extraordinarily motivated and
professional hacker?" There's an insight-providing pen assessment.

As the deliverable, a report is supplied In the ending of the penetration test.
The Penetration Testing Company in Bangalore provides a report which includes several
components, such as an executive summary, project methodology, processes examined outline
hazard summary, of findings, and recommendations. The final effect of the evaluation is the
identification or confirmation that systems are procured.

Regards
Priyadharshini



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