applications and analyze up to 30000 events per second to immediately detect and defend cyberattacksjsw group the 14 billion conglomerate led by sajjan jindal that is into steel energy cement and infrastructure has been reevaluating its approach to its vast security needs the focus has shifted from securing the perimeters of machines that contain critical information to securing the information itself digital technologies such as sensors probes and highvelocity hybrid data from connected devices iots have made cyber security more complex and the stakes have moved beyond basic hygiene security said dheeraj sinha group chief information officer jsw group we now think of threats both from external as well as internal users because of lack of awareness while we continue to harden our posture on the external side we are creating awareness within the organization about cyber security through internal campaigns and learning initiatives he saidinternal awareness typically includes workshops on how to protect company information with various practices identifying and alerting the company against malware or phishing mails ensuring that data remains safe while sharing files on thirdparty cloud storage platforms and minimizing the use of public wifi networks when viewing critical information these are some of the ways through which employees are sensitized to critical company datagiven the speed with which ai can be used to break into even the most secure assets companies are also looking at hacker bots to plug potential gaps faster than humans analysts said read alsountangling the maze of connected vehicles before taking a plungesae cybersecurity for commercial vehicles an american perspective audio interview defending assetsdefending iot assets is the most challenging as they have disparate functions and abilitiesmany iot devices are created to perform specific functions with only a few operationsfor instance a sensor detects specific metrics on an assembly line other devices only deliver information by the second while yet others act as static storing units of information which become active only when some kind of anomaly is detectedthis means it is important to understand how data flows through all these devices in order to secure informationdata flow in iot networks is extremely important to understand how when and where to secure data sinha said this has resulted in higher spending on security in areas like threat hunting incident detection and responsethe cyber security spends continue to increase not only in terms of value but also as a percentage of the overall budgetary allocationswithin a rapidly growing organization like jsw group with constantly evolving technology landscape and organizational goals cyber security will continue to require considerable spends sinha said rising urgencyit service providers however said they have not been surprised by the rising urgency to attend to security needsim not surprised that manufacturing is looking at it from a completely different mindset said vishal salvi chief information security officer at infosysmanufacturers now view cyber security as critical to their operations ahead of the energy utilities and financial services industries a study conducted by infosys has revealed if you