Phishing study: Bunch of lies Kamlesh Bajaj / November 05, 2009, 0:46 IST A team of researchers including professors of University of Brighton published a report in July 2009 titled “Crime online — Cybercrime and illegal innovation”. It was picked up by online news channels and quoted in news items to propagate lies about so-called cybercrimes in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry of India. The report tries to present data from the annual reports of the Indian Computer Emergency Team, and Symantec in a way that suits its story, of India being a centre of cybercrimes and in general being a weak state. We want to set the record straight............... Read More
My final word here is that there are so many "experts" sitting in their lofty citadels who are driven by the need to generate copy. Information Security trends, issues etc cannot be judged on the basis of old articles and researchers must first understand the subtle differences in the jargon used in the business. For example, as every IS professional knows there is a big difference between problem management or incident management ! In any case, with the large number of white papers, content, research on the net it is important that one is cautious about what to accept as true :) |

