Apurva Venkat
Principal Correspondent
Apurva Venkat is principal correspondent for the India editions of CIO, CSO, and Computerworld. She has previously worked at ISMG, IDG India, Bangalore Mirror, and Business Standard, where she reported on developments in technology, businesses, startups, fintech, e-commerce, cybersecurity, civic news, and education.
Samsung reports second data breach in 6 months
Samsung claims no consumer devices were affected by the breach, in which customers’ contact information, dates of birth and product registration details were leaked.
Remediant wants to move beyond PAM to secure enterprise networks
Remediant created its new PAM+ strategy to help negate credential-based compromises, protect access and accelerate Zero Trust initiatives.
Women in cybersecurity form non-profit organization The Forte Group
The group aims to create a safe space for women in cybersecurity to discuss everything from pay to best practices in ransomware.
Chinese cyber espionage campaign targeted Australia, South China Sea energy sector, says study
The campaign was aimed at Australian governmental agencies and media companies, and at maintainers of wind turbines in the South China Sea.
India’s cybersecurity skills shortage: Airtel Payments Bank’s CISO proposes a path forward
Manish Pandey outlines how academia can increase student interest in cybersecurity, and how CISOs can also groom talent within their organisations.
Lessons from a dual career: Happiest Minds CISO Vijay Bharti
Bharti explains how being on both sides of the table — as a solution provider and CISO — has helped him in performing better.
Indian CISOs voice concerns on CERT-In’s new cybersecurity directives
To meet the new mandate, CISOs will have to ramp up staffing, tools, and reporting—and deal with incident ambiguities at a very fast pace.
Biggest cybersecurity breaches in 2018 that rocked the Indian threat landscape
Here is a list of the top cybersecurity breaches that affected India in 2018.
Cybersecurity concerns slow down digital transformation: Bas Burger, BT
Bas Burger, in an exclusive interview with CIO India, talks about the scope of 5G, the changing roles of CIO’s, and how digital is at once an opportunity and a threat to businesses.
Significant CISO movements, appointments in Indian enterprise last fortnight
Here is a list of significant Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) movements in the last fortnight across various industries.