BYOD Concept ???..from college to corporate

            Do you heard of BYOD policy/concept ? Actually we all have tried the minimized version of this concept atleast a day in a week . BYOD doesn't give you an idea but I'am sure it's full form will give a some sort of idea "Bring Your Own Device".


               BYOD policy is being adopted by large number of companies when there are lots of security risks lying on it. Bring Your Own Device is a businees policy of employees allowing them to bring their own devices into company and do company jobs though it. It has lots of Pros as well as Cons. In this growing tablet and smartphone industry, more workers are exploiting the potential of BYOD which can be named as BYOT ( Bring Your Own Technology) or BYOB(Bring your own Behaviour). BYOT and BYOB widens the former concept by allowing the employees to bring the foreign apps into company network.

           All of us have been used our smartphones and tablets to exploit the availability of college/hostel WiFi facility. Even we have downloaded so many apps, games,movies etc using college network and devices. So itz very clear that we have used a small face of BYOD concept unknowingly and illegally.

             This concept also had its roots on early days, but only difference is that when it's potential and security risks came into relevance of company survival, it all turned out to be a policy which is named as BYOD. So company's not allowing this policy don't allow employees to bring their own devices into company and using the company network and resources through it. Lets take a scenario and discuss about the security risk behind this luxury. Suppose a user takes his tablet into his/her company and deals with company's controversial/confidential information. After that the user is using his tablet for hsi personal use on the way to his home. So if a hacker can espionage into his tablet then the company's confidential information is on unauthorized hands. Now another picture is that, if the employee losses his device then also the same threat.

             The plus point is that it's obvious that an employee gives a best concern to his/her device and treats safely. Recent survey found out that there is a peek in the productivity of those employees using their own device/apps in their own way to accomplish company tasks.

             From 2010 with larger companies , IBM also adopted BYOD concept but recently they found out the presence so many stray apps on those devices which even company can't control. They suspect that their information are looted through these apps. So recently they have declared guidelines of banned and unbanned apps. Dropbox file transfer app is also in the banned list which the company fears the chances of leaking details. Survey lead to the discovery that most of the employees dunno about the seriousness of using top class apps in company devices or their devices which is used in company network.

>>>CYBER WAR at it's next level

          Imagine, India is trying a new missile with a target of safe remote location. 

             3...2...1...Missile have been initiated...with lots of fire and fumes missile left the ground and took off.

Suddenly , Trajectory Path of Missile is changing..Shocked Scientists !!!..Like a boomerang it is going to hit the Parent Lab itself. How does it happen?...Everything was checked..Directions was preset..then !! What's happening?? 

Answer is CYBER WAR is happening.

Checking the way how missile hit it's own parent nation.

Rewinding the whole actions.....missile before take off..... 

The Best Hackers of other nation sabotaged the Indian Satellite Controlling the GPS of Missile. After the take off Redefined Target by the hackers made the missile to be a threaten for it's own nation.

CYBER WAR IS JUST A MIX OF SABOTAGE AND ESPIONAGE ACTIVITIES.

             First it was weapon war..then came Chemical War like Agent orange..then Biological War came like Anthrax and all. Each time what the mastermind wants was to attack in a stealth mode and to have a devastating effect.

         Modern world having netizens as it's asset gave a next level for the War. Recent news papers revealed  that IRAN was under Cyber attack from America. The stealth mode behind Cyber Attack is very high as it is designed by the Best hackers who are sponsored by nations or a group of organisations.

                  Latest level of Cyber War defined two new genesis in it's kind Flame and Stuxnet. Stuxnet found in June 2010 spreads through Microsoft Windows and aims at Siemens industrial softwares. Only after lossing a lots of that IRAN found the existence of it's new threat- STUXNET. Recently, Kaspersky Lab and Siemens with the tie up of Iran found FLAME is it's new kind which is very high in its espionage activities.

The name FLAME was given based on the long commands in it's modules.

                                  Research on  the occurrence  of FLAME revealed a shocking truth that the developers of FLAME have been contacted with the STUXNET developers. The data picked from the host is stored by FLAME in a highly public cryptogryphed manner which can be read by only the master mind behind the attack having the key to unlock the cryptography. So it very well says, FLAME and STUXNET was not a baby born for an individual or profit making organisation. It's real aim was the next level in CYBER WAR !! . 

                      

                  

                 Siemens found  60 % 

of worldwide STUXNET affected computers were of IRAN and that too linked with its uranium enrichment infrastructues. Kaspersky Labs found that STUXNET and FLAME were related as they found out the code used by STUXNET for spreading through USB flash  drives were identical to the later one. ZERO DAY VULNERABILITY of these next level attackers are the burning topic in the nation's security discussions, which are to be fixed very soon.