Manan Kakkar / India IT Blog:
Indian government plans to introduce SIM cards with digital certificates — Communication over email and SMS using cell phones is widespread in India given the mobile penetration. The Indian government is planning to come up with guidelines to issue encrypted SIM cards with digital signatures unique to an individual or company.
Ritsuko Ando / Reuters:
Dell plans ad makeover to shed low-price image — (Reuters) – Dell Inc is getting a marketing makeover, trying to shed its image as a cheaper alternative to rivals, including the sleek and highly popular gadgets sold by Apple Inc. — The world’s No. 2 PC maker said on Wednesday it will spend …
WITH little fanfare, the Pentagon is putting the finishing touch to a strategy that will treat cyberspace as a domain of potential warfare. It will also apply instant “active defence” to counter attacks that, in theory …
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Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies … The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed “Perfect Citizen” to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program.