siliconindia | | February 20204Last December, the city of New Orleans lost more than $7 million due to a cyber attack. However, Mayor Latoya Cantrell expects this number to grow further. Last month itself, cybersecurity researchers revealed about new vulnerabilities in Google Chrome that allowed attackers to remotely run malicious code inside the browser. These are just few examples. According to Juniper research, cybercrimes accounted for $2 trillion in 2019 alone. Also, data breaches exposed 4.1 billion records in the first half of 2019 itself, revealed Risk Based Security. On the side-lines, Global Market Insights predicted that the value of cybersecurity market will reach $300 billion by 2024. On the other hand, 68 percent of business leaders feel an increasing cybersecurity risks (Accenture). These numbers are enough to suggest that most of the companies are yet to protect their data and come out of their poor cybersecurity practices in place. If not, then you are the one inviting the cyber attackers! However, many companies blame their employees for cyber attacks. Not a good thing to do though! Most of the professionals are quite ignorant about the entire process of cybersecurity and hence usually fall prey to attacks. It is hence essential for companies to invest in employee training and making cybersecurity awareness a top priority. But then again, this could be a costly affair. So why not let the experts handle the game and change the rules!It is on the chart that cybersecurity and cyber attacks do not run by rules of the games. It is all about changing and enhancing the moves much before the attackers take a step forward. Experts are the ones who can save you, and hence there is a rising demand for cybersecurity consultants. Realizing this dreaded need of the hour, we at siliconindia Consultants bring to you `10 Most Promising Cybersecurity Consultants ­ 2020'. The list features some of the most experienced hands and minds from the industry who have been saving their clients from falling into any such trap and experiencing monetary losses. Read to know more about their strategies and methodologies. Do let us know what you think.Anamika SahuManaging Editoreditor@siliconindia.comEditorialIgnorance Isn't Bliss in this World of Cyber-attacks!!! Vol 08 · Issue 7 - 1 · February, 2020 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Anamika Sahu Associate Editor Susila Govindaraj Editorial Team Ananth.V Avinash Roy Mandvi Singh Manoswita Naha Srrayvinya OLM Sujith Vasudevan VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit https://www.siliconindia.com/subscribe/ or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2020 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.comVisualisers Vimalraj M Sivasankar S Veena R PiddannavarGroup Art DirectorAshok KumarNoidaAshu Sethi Garima Anand Circulation Manager Magendran PerumalAnupreethi Danila.D Chander Thyagaraj Felisha Rita Correspondents Sigma Mohanty Subhadarshani Mohanty
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