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Friday, 17 July 2015

WHAT IS EINSTEIN ?

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EINSTEIN

EINSTEIN is an intrusion detection system (IDS) for monitoring and analyzing Internet traffic as it moves in and out of United States federal government networks. EINSTEIN filters packets at the gateway and reports anomalies to the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) at the Department of Homeland Security.

EINSTEIN is designed to provide the federal government with a cohesive view of Internet threats and a centralized point of authority for dealing with potential threats. The second iteration of EINSTEIN included automatic alerts to US-CERT when activity matching predetermined patterns is detected. According to US-CERT, the patterns, which are called signatures, are not typically included in commercially available databases of known attack signatures, but are developed by US-CERT.

EINSTEIN 3 includes supplemental signatures developed by the National Security Agency (NSA) and uses real-time deep packet inspection (DPI). In addition to notifying US-CERT when a network intrustion is attempted, EINSTEIN 3 also alerts the agencies.

As with all intrustion detection systems, EINSTEIN's weakness is that it cannot detect threats that do not have an associated signature in EINSTEIN's database.

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"EINSTEIN is just a monitoring system and at the end of the day, the asset owners need to take action on the alerts that the system is generating in a timely fashion." - Adam Meyer

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Monday, 6 July 2015

BIOMETRIC FOR SECURE BUSINESS , PERSONAL IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION ( FINGERPRINTS, EYES, VOICE , FACIAL

 Biometric Technology Soltions are part of ICIL Technologies Ltd ( www.iciltek.com)  a business units . ICIL-tek has cooperation arrangment with ACTAtek of U.K/ Hong Kong for fingerprint , Genetec of Spain for Palm Vein , Eye scanning , Face Recognition and with Agnitio of Spain  for Voice Authentication .


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Biometrics for Secure Business, Personal Identity Authentication: Fingerprints, Eyes, Voice, Facial… Defeatable but Defensible.

Biometrics is defined as both the science and technology of measuring and analyzing biological data such as; fingerprints, eye retinas and irises, voice patterns, facial patterns, hand measurements, DNA... Biometrics is beginning to play a major role in different industries, e.g.; medicine, science, robotics, engineering, manufacturing, and all areas of vertical enterprise businesses... and smartphones, in particular, help enable these services... According to experts, biometrics is the only identification technology that can verify with near absolute certainty the identity of an individual... biometric identifiers are the only distinctive, measurable characteristics that describe each individual person... Though once the stuff of science fiction, identifying an individual through biological characteristics is gradually becoming a business reality...
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Unlike the use of other forms of authentication, such as; passwords or tokens... biometric recognition provides a strong link between the person and a claimed identity... However, according to opponents; there are two important reasons why biometrics won't work, and why the old-fashioned password is still a better option: 1. person's biometrics can't be kept secret, 2. person's biometrics can't be revoked... According to Deloitte & Touche; spoofing a person's biometrics, particularly fingerprints, is a legitimate threat... However, given all the current alternative methodologies, e.g., passwords, tokens... biometrics may be the best technology for the authentication of a person's identity...
Global Biometrics Market Analyses: Historically, biometrics has been used in government applications, however, in recent years there has been a growing demand for its usage in commercial applications, such as; banking, points of sale, insurance... and the technology, e.g.; Iris and face recognition algorithms... are undergoing substantial advancements and gaining prominence, although fingerprint technologies remain the most popular...
According to Global Industry Analysts, Inc. Research: The global biometrics market is estimated to reach US$16.47 billion by 2017... and primarily driven by increasing threat of terrorist attacks, and the need for effective identification technologies... Growth in biometrics markets is driven by increasing opportunities from emerging niche market segments, such as, consumer-based wireless applications including; smartphones, laptops... which are expected to significantly bolster sales in the silicon fingerprint sensors market... U.S. is the largest market for biometrics, and Asia-Pacific represents one of the fastest growing markets with a CAGR of about 23.8%... the 'iris/retinal' scan market is the fastest growing segment, by technology, with a CAGR of about 25.9%...
According to ABI Research: Revenues for the biometrics market will hit US$13.8 billion in 2015... While majority of revenues are currently drawn from governmental contracts, increased consumer acceptance of biometric modalities will see the consumer and enterprise segments overtake government spending by 2018... Consumers are gradually gaining acceptance for utilizing fingerprint to identify themselves... and the 'accuracy-cost-acceptance-intrusive ratio' of fingerprint technology makes it more acceptable than other biometrics... Also, research shows that companies, such as; Apple and Samsung are leading in the mobile integration of biometric modalities, while companies, such as; 3M Cogent, MorphoTrak, NEC... are leading the biometrics field overall...
According to Mobey Forum Research: Biometrics authentication technology is a top priority for banks; in survey of 235 bank respondents worldwide, 22% of these banks are already offering biometrics to their customers, while 65% are planning to offer services in near future... also, more than half plan to launch fingerprint biometrics for their customers, while an additional 21% are focusing on voice recognition... According to Aite Group; interviews with 26 fraud executives in 19 North American financial institutions, assets greater than US$50 billion, found that mobile and biometric technology are dominating thinking on issues of authentication and identification... Six of these banks are enabling biometrics for mobile banking 'login' by the end of 2015, and more than half are reducing the use of 'knowledge-based' authentication technology over the next two years...
According to Acuity Market Intelligence Research: Smart mobile devices will include 100% embedded biometric sensors as a standard feature by 2020... According to Maxine Most; biometrics are a natural fit for the smart mobile devices... Drilling down into the data, they predict that by 2020 there will be 4.8 billion biometric enabled smart mobile devices generating $6.2 billion in biometric sensor revenue, and 5.4 billion biometric app downloads generating $21.7 billion in annual revenues from direct purchase and software development fees... and 807 billion biometric secured payment and non-payment transactions generating $6.7 billion in authentication fees...
According to Transparency Market Research: The healthcare 'biometrics' market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 25.9% to reach an estimated value of US$ 5.8 billion in 2019... In the global healthcare biometrics market; fingerprint recognition is the most prominent technology... it will make up more than 50% of biometrics in the healthcare industry through 2019... Geographically, North America is the largest market for healthcare biometrics technologies and it along with Europe will capture more than 75% of market share... While, Asia-Pacific will provide the largest and most diverse business opportunities for biometrics security solutions in healthcare, due to their budding domestic and export markets for national produced biometric devices...
In the article Biometrics: Business of Identity by Rituparna Chatterjee writes: The FBI is one of many government agencies shaping the future of biometrics... According to Olga Raskin; only governments can afford the kind of 'mega' investment needed for pervasive biometric projects, e.g.; in Afghanistan U.S. marines are building a biometric database of opium farmers-- to create identity cards for security purposes-- by using handheld iris-scanners... While, larger devices perform retina scans at Dubai airport, for brief transit visas... By next year, every South African passport will be biometric... In the U.S., the FBI processes 160,000 to 200,000 fingerprint scans every day, and they are using DNA in the form of genetic fingerprints in criminal investigations... A biometric database of about 70 million fingerprints enable the FBI to gauge, within 10 minutes or less, whether a person has a criminal record or not... However, the largest biometric project in the world is India's huge, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) program; India has issued over 2 million Aadhaar cards that are based on biometrics-- fingerprints and iris scans...
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In the article Biometric Technology Leads The Way by Jason Compton writes: Biometric technology provides innovative ways to control access, authenticate identity, streamline transactions... Widespread consumer adoption of biometric payment schemes and growing inclusion of reliable fingerprint scanners, in high-end smartphones, are fueling much of the acceptance... As biometrics technology continues to evolve, here are a few facts to know:
Biometrics is still a balancing act: Biometric algorithms always involves trade-off between false positives (incorrectly granting access to an unauthorized user) and false negatives (incorrectly denying access to a legitimate user). Finding the right balance for each application is a combination of art and science. Biometric devices and algorithms continue to shrink the gap and, by extension, the tradeoffs...
Mobile plays a central role: Emboldened by the success of fingerprint scanners on high-end smartphones and tablets, vendors are racing to push more authentication and transaction tasks to mobile devices. As both consumers and enterprise users become accustomed to tap-and-scan authentication, expect heavy focus to fall on the role of mobile devices to ease the path to biometric adoption...
Password-free dream is still alive: One advantages of biometric technology is that it emphasizes 'who you are' over 'what you know'... That makes a biometric credential more difficult to steal or to intercept than a password or physical token. Multi-factor authentication schemes require both an 'own' and a 'known' component, such as;  fingerprint and password. This multi-factor approach provides enhanced security at the cost of user convenience. Sophisticated criminal organizations are attacking password databases very aggressively, making a multi-factor approach increasingly appealing...
Voice print is gaining traction: Fingerprint scanners are all the rage, but the human voice provides a rich bed of unique characteristics, making it near-perfect for biometric identification. Financial institutions are accelerating their acceptance of voice authentication, which can cut down on the need for lengthy and inconvenient in-person meetings by verifying a client's identity remotely. Once authorized by voice-print, customers can complete complex or high-value transactions by phone or online...
Watch the government: Government agencies are not always at the forefront of IT trends, but on biometrics, they have been given both the budget and the mandate to be extremely aggressive. The FBI's 'Next Generation Identification' (NGI) system went live in 2014, creating a central clearinghouse for innovations in-- fingerprint, face, iris scanning... Industry can learn from the successful protocols and should keep an eye on public sector results...
Wearables join the biometric toolkit: Gartner Research projects over 68 million smart wearable devices will ship in 2015. As adoption of wearable technology grows, so does the potential to use wearables as biometric markers... 'Zero-Effort Bilateral Recurring Authentication' (ZEBRA) uses a biometric bracelet to uniquely identify a user, based on their proximity to a computer terminal. When the user moves away from the computer, they are automatically logged-off from the session... Wearables provide an intriguing alternative to fingerprint scanners, smartphones...
So: Should you use biometrics security? It depends: Do your benefits outweigh the costs? According to Jason Bruderlin; when used correctly, biometric security devices are more secure than traditional methods, for example, if digitized medical records are stolen from a doctor's office, that doctor potentially faces steep fines under federal law. The benefit to him is the cost of fines he avoids if his data is properly secured... Additionally, biometric identifiers cannot be written down or lost and in all but the most extreme cases, they cannot be stolen. Replacing passwords with fingerprinting increases efficiency, at the consumer level, and doesn't require the consumer to remember passwords...
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However, biometric security does have drawbacks, e.g.; installation can be complicated and costly and return on investment (ROI) is usually difficult to quantify... So biometrics technology is not perfect-- it can be defeated... But, as more sensitive information is stored digitally, the cost of not sufficiently securing that information increases and currently biometrics is probably best solution for keeping it relatively secure... However, there is much to be done with the technology of biometrics and as it evolves and improves so will its-- accuracy, reliability, form factors... and that will increase its applications as an important security solution for business and personal identification and authentication.

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Friday, 26 June 2015

PAKISTAN FAST FACTS

Pakistan Fast Facts


Here's a look at what you need to know about Pakistan, the sixth most populous country in the world. It borders Iran, Afghanistan and India in Southeast Asia. In 1947, Pakistan gained its independence from Great Britain.
About Pakistan: 

Area: 796,095 sq km (slightly less than twice the size of California)
Population: 196,174,380 (July 2014 est.)
Median age: 22.6 years old
Capital: Islamabad
Ethnic Groups: Punjabi 44.68%, Pashtun (Pathan) 15.42%, Sindhi 14.1%, Sariaki 8.38%, Muhajirs 7.57%, Balochi 3.57%, other 6.28%
Religion: Muslim 96.4%, other (includes Christian and Hindu) 3.6% (2010 est.)
GDP: $884.2 billion (2014 est.)
GDP per capita: $4,700 (2014 est.)
Unemployment: 6.8% (2014 est.)
Timeline:
August 16, 1947 - 
Great Britain gives independence to the Indian subcontinent, splitting it into India, West Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
1947-1948 - Pakistan fights its first war against India over control of the Kashmir area.
1965 - Pakistan and India fight their second war over Kashmir.
1971 - Pakistan and India go to war over independence for East Pakistan, later renamed Bangladesh.
1973 - A constitution providing for a parliamentary system of government is adopted.
July 5, 1977 - Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is deposed in a bloodless coup led by the army. He is executed in April 1979.
1985 - Martial law ends, and the parliamentary government is reestablished.
December 1, 1988 - Benazir Bhutto is elected as the first female prime minister of Pakistan and of any Muslim nation.
1991 - Legislation is passed making Islamic law the law of the land.
April 6, 1998 - Pakistan successfully tests a medium-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. On May 28, Pakistan announces it successfully conducted five nuclear tests after detonating a boosted uranium device and four low yield sub-kiloton devices.
May-July 1999 - Pakistan and India engage in a brief war over Kashmir.
October 12, 1999 - General Pervez Musharraf takes power in a bloodless coup. He declares himself president in June 2001.
August 31, 2007 - Musharraf amends Pakistan's constitution to allow himself a third term as president.
September 10, 2007 - Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan and is deported within hours of landing at the Islamabad airport. He returns to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
October 5, 2007 - Musharraf signs a "reconciliation ordinance" that drops outstanding corruption charges against former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, opening the way for Bhutto's return to Pakistan and a possible power-sharing agreement between them.
October 6, 2007 - An unofficial vote count indicates Musharraf wins by a landslide in a presidential election almost entirely boycotted by the opposition.
November 3, 2007 - Musharraf declares a state of emergency in Pakistan. He suspends the country's constitution, postpones the upcoming elections and imposes restrictions on the media. Government authorities arrest 1,500 people who protest the state of emergency.
November 9, 2007 - Bhutto is placed under house arrest hours before the start of a protest rally in Rawalpindi, though the arrest warrant is later lifted.
November 11, 2007 - The Pakistani Supreme Court, packed with judges appointed by Musharraf, dismisses five petitions contesting his eligibility as a presidential candidate in the recent elections.
November 28, 2007 - Musharraf steps down as leader of the Pakistani army, the day before he is scheduled to be sworn in as president. General Ashfaq Kayani, appointed vice chief of army staff on October 8, takes over army leadership.
November 29, 2007 - Musharraf takes the presidential oath of office for the third time.
December 27, 2007 - Bhutto is assassinated during a rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
February 19, 2008 - Musharraf's party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, admits defeat in Pakistan's parliamentary elections.
March 9, 2008 - Asif Ali Zardari, head of the Pakistan People's Party, and Nawaz Sharif, head of the Pakistan Muslim League-N, sign an agreement making their coalition official. The two leaders call on Musharraf to immediately convene parliament and state they will announce their nominee for prime minister when parliament is called into session.
March 25, 2008 - Yousuf Raza Gilani is sworn in as Pakistan's new prime minister. Gilani is a member of the Pakistan People's Party and served in various capacities as a cabinet member during Benazir Bhutto's terms as prime minister.
April 30, 2008 - After seven hours of talks, leaders from Pakistan's ruling coalition fail to meet their promise to restore to office the judges dismissed by President Musharraf in November, when he declared a state of emergency and dismissed them.
May 12, 2008 - For the second time, Pakistani leaders fail to reach an agreement and meet their self-imposed deadline to introduce a parliamentary resolution restoring the judges. Former Prime Minister Sharif announces that ministers from his party in the federal Cabinet will hand in their resignations the following day.
August 18, 2008 - Pervez Musharraf resigns as president.
September 9, 2008 - Asif Ali Zardari, widower of Benazir Bhutto, is sworn in as the new president.
July-August 2010 - Catastrophic flooding in Pakistan leads to deaths of at least 1,600 people and leaves four million more homeless.
May 2, 2011 - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is killed by U.S. Special Forces during a U.S. raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
May 14, 2011 - Pakistan's parliament adopts a resolution condemning the U.S. raid on bin Laden's compound. The parliament also threatens to cut off access to a facility used by NATOforces to ferry troops into Afghanistan.
May 24, 2011 - Former President Pervez Musharraf condemns the raid on the bin Laden compound, "No country has a right to intrude into any other country... Actually, technically, if you see it legally, it's an act of war."
May 25, 2011 - Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan announces that the U.S. is reducing its troops in Pakistan at the request of the Pakistani government.
October 2011 - Pakistani businessman Mansoor Ijaz claims in an op-ed piece for the UK-based Financial Times that a Pakistani diplomat had him deliver a secret memo to U.S. Admiral Mike Mullen. The memo, allegedly from Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, reportedly asked the U.S. to back Zardari in the event of a military coup related to the U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden in May 2011.
November 28, 2011 - Tensions among Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States jump a notch, with Pakistan's prime minister warning there will be "no more business as usual" with Washington after NATO aircraft killed two dozen Pakistan troops.
December 30, 2011 - Pakistan's Supreme Court appoints a panel to investigate the memo allegedly sent by President Asif Ali Zardari to U.S. Admiral Mike Mullen.
February 13, 2012 - The Pakistani Supreme Court indicts Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for contempt after his refusal to re-open old corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. Gilani is the first Pakistani prime minister to be charged while in office.
April 26, 2012 - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is convicted and receives a symbolic sentence of custody for the duration of the hearing. He refuses to resign and says that he will appeal the conviction.
June 19, 2012 - Pakistan's Supreme Court rules that Prime Minister Gilani is ineligible to hold office. The court declares the prime minister disqualified retroactive to April 26.
June 22, 2012 - Raja Pervez Ashraf becomes the new prime minister of Pakistan after lawmakers approved his nomination in a majority vote in parliament.
May 11, 2013 - According to unofficial election results, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party, the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), has won most of the seats in the National Assembly.
May 19, 2013 - Sharif successfully gains a majority in parliament, allowing him to form a government and become prime minister.
July 30, 2013 - Mamnoon Hussain, a well-known businessman, is elected president.
September 24, 2013 - A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Balochistan province. More than 300 people are killed.
October 24, 2014 - The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan announces a November 30 rally against Prime Minister Sharif. Protesters are to remain in Islamabad, the capital, until the prime minister resigns.

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