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Deloitte Releases National Wireless Security Survey along with DSCIApril 14, 2009Enterprise Risk Services Division of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Private Limited (Deloitte) conducted a wireless security survey in the month of October and November across 12 Indian cities. Today, Deloitte released the results of this survey titled, "Wireless Security Survey" along with the Data Security Council of India (DSCI). NASSCOM established the DSCI as a self-regulatory organization (SRO). DSCI has an independent Board of Directors, guided by a Steering Committee with members drawn from leading IT and BPO companies, and from the best IT products companies of the world. The survey was aimed at assessing the use of security precautions and good practices in wireless environments across the country.
Group I - Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai*, National-Capital Region (NCR)**. Group II - Ahmedabad, Indore, Jaipur, Lucknow, Nagpur, Pune. *Includes Navi Mumbai ** Includes Gurgaon and Noida regions. The survey points out the major risks that one might be exposed to including, unauthorized access to objectionable or banned sites, access to post objectionable material on websites, send threatening emails, extract bank account details causing monetary losses etc. This survey also provides guidelines for protecting wireless networks from unauthorized elements. The survey can be downloaded from www.bcm-india.org. If you need more information about the survey or need a printed copy release, reach out on ersindia@deloitte.com. The survey has to be read along with the disclaimer on the last page of the survey. |
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37% appeared to be unprotected i.e. without any encryption.
