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Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed Monday, the CBI will work with Indian law enforcement agencies and industry to set up the Cyber and Hi-Tech Crime Investigation and Training Center (CHCIT) for combating cybercrime.

The cyber crime center will be used as a platform to expand cooperation between law enforcement and industry in the areas of sharing information on emerging threats and technologies, security standards, best practices, new challenges from cybercriminals, and improved cybercrime investigation and computer forensics.

Der indische Staat will seine Computersysteme besser absichern und setzt dazu auf ein eigenes Betriebssystem. In zwei Forschungszentren der Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) sollen zunächst 50 Informatiker an der Entwicklung arbeiten, berichtet The Hindu. "Ein eigenes Betriebssystem wird uns helfen, Hackerangriffe auf unsere Systeme zu verhindern", sagt V.K. Saraswat, wissenschaftlicher Berater des indischen Verteidigungsministeriums. Damit soll nicht zuletzt Datenspionage vorgebeugt werden.

According to the Munich-based chip maker, the agreement covers "a close information exchange" in three security areas: smart card technology, future mobile applications, and security components needed to increase the trustworthiness of personal computers and computer networks.

Zum Thema Betrug im Internet fehlen vielen Nutzern zwar nicht das Sensorium, dafür aber die Handlungsempfehlungen. Genau die möchte der Abschlussbericht der Projektgruppe ‚Effektive Betrugsbekämpfung’ des Bundesinnenministeriums den Verbrauchern, der Wirtschaft und der Verwaltung nun liefern, um so die Betrugsgefahr zu reduzieren. Mit dabei ist auch die Initiative D21 und Vertreter von Unternehmen und Verbänden aus den Bereichen Online-Handel und Online-Banking.

The CSIA Claims Tested Mark scheme is primarily aimed at IT and information security managers across the public sector, but is also expected to serve as a useful guide to small and medium-sized businesses wanting to know their purchasing meets government's preferred standards.

The survey, published as part of the annual White Paper on Information and Communications in Japan, found Internet users in Japan are worried about multiple aspects of being online. However, the government said their worries might be out of proportion with the actual risks they face.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the conference, Minister of Information and Communication and Chairman of the Central Agency for Information Technology Salem Al-Othaina announced, "This conference is being held at the time when information and communications security has changed from a technical issue of IT to a national security issue that is addressed with the greatest importance by political leaders. The United States and European Union have established special departments for information and communications security and for countering electronic crimes and terror. Many states envisage having such departments in the future.

The Cayman Islands government’s information technology (IT) security continues to be poor and has even “deteriorated” since 2012 the former Auditor General (AG) Alastair Swarbrick said.

In a recently issued report to the Legislative Assembly, he summarised his ongoing concerns with government IT security. This report follows one that he issued back in 2012 to government managers on the same issue.

The auditor general has lifted the lid on a warning made to government some three years ago that it was facing serious risks to its security due to a catalogue problems. One of a number of reports the auditor managed to complete and pass on to legislators ahead of his departure, Alastair Swarbrick’s latest report on the risks to governments IT reveals that problems identified in 2012 have not been addressed and the situation is even worse. Government is not doing enough to protect its systems and information from the risks and threats of cyber-attack, he said.

Following up on the 2012 audit this year on the poor state of IT security, Swarbrick said, “Progress has been too slow in addressing the concerns raised some three years ago and the opportunity for significant damage to government operations and its reputation should mean that significantly more action is needed.”

Across the region, e-government programs have flourished in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Figures from Datamonitor predict that, as authorities in the Middle East turn to e-government solutions, security spending to protect them will also increase.

Goode Intelligence forecasts that for North America, mobile phone-based authentication products and services will generate just over $48 million in 2010 and that the market will grow to $142 million in revenue by 2014; an increase of $94 million and a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24 percent.