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Hours after several schools in the national capital received a hoax bomb threat on Wednesday, the Directorate of Education issued a circular to over 35 heads of schools asking the administration to be “extra vigilant” and “shut down their portals” during school hours as part of precautions for the safety and security of students and staff on the premises. The …

Tackling Job Candidate Fraud: Harnessing AI Algorithms for Enhanced Security

The Centre on Sunday clarified that there was no cyber breach into the email system of the government maintained by the National Informatics Centre. This clarification came after a media report claimed that data breaches in organisations such as Air India, Big Basket and Domino’s have exposed email accounts and passwords of NIC emails to the hackers. “Cyber security breach …

There has increasingly developed a conflict between choosing a student’s well-being during the Covid pandemic and curtailing disruption in the Union Education Ministry’s academic planning to commence nationwide NEET and JEE examinations. Online assessment platforms take into account the security issues and concerns of the education sector as they continue to become a novel testing space. Why online mode of …

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, parents are quite apprehensive of letting their children continue the process of admissions. However, the Union Education Ministry has recently opened the gates for students with the entrance exams of The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and Joint Entrance Examination Main examinations. One of the main concerns regarding the NEET/JEE exams seems to be security and …

DoT urges government portals, websites to conduct security audit, says China cyberattacks are increasing: Report

Reportedly, ever since the India-China clash and India banning Chinese apps, there have been up to 10,000 cyberattacks per day. The Department of Telecom has asked all government web portals and websites to conduct a security audit and submit a compliance certificate as soon as possible. The government officials reportedly said that since the 15 June clash between Indian and …

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