| |August 20188CIOReviewhen we mention security in any context, there is always a fear of something being stolen away from us. Mankind has always been trying to secure itself from various threats whether internal or external. Sur-viving and out running the threat has been an exercise since eons. However these threats were more directed to-wards physical assets. It was either land or other valuable objects like gold etc.While those threats do remain, in today's digital world, security suddenly takes a whole new gamut. We intrinsically refer to DATA as the key digital asset which needs to be protected. We apparently generate 2.5 quintillion bytes of online data every day. With such mind boggling numbers it is only very critical that the right information lands in the hands of the right person. For organisations, this is where the challenge lies. How does an organisation protect its own information assets from falling into the hands of a rogue user. And hence comes in Enterprise Security.So what are the sources of these breaches? How does a rogue user get access to secure data? How do we mitigate these risks?Application VulnerabilitiesGoing digital and trying to reach a wider population by trying to serve them online has led to massive amount of web applications being built. Each one tries to outdo the other by trying to provide the best possible services and in this race, applications may get deployed keeping open certain windows of opportunities for hackers. It is very necessary that applications mitigate at least the be-low top 10 OWASP 2017 vulnerabilities before going into production:WIN MY OPINIONENTERPRISE SECURITY IN A DIGITAL WORLDBy Ananth Subramanian, Sr. Vice President & Head-IT, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company Limited (KMAMC)KMAMC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kotak Mahindra bank Limited, is the Asset Manager for Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund. KMAMC started operations in December 1998 and has approximately 7.5 Lac investors in various schemes.
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