This semester opened many new intrests and new vistas for me !!! I was not that keen to learn and research about web security and information authentication but my Encounter with Dr. Edward Amoroso ( Chief Information Security Office - ATnT -Bell Labs ) gave me a new direction.
Taking his course Cyber Security and Information Authentication at Stevens not only routed my intrest in this domain but also helped me in knowing more about the future buzz in Data privacy.My currently researching on Botnets and writing a White Paper on Botnets with the guidance or Prof Edward and Prof Rich Turner......
I am updating some important information about BOTNETS
Botnets: The new threat Landscape
A botnet is an army of compromised machines also known as ZOMBIES, that are under the command and control of a "SINGLE BOTMASTER".The rise of consumer broadband has gretaky increased the power of botnets to launch the crippling denial of service and sometimes DDOS attack on servers,infecting millions of computers with spyware and mailicious code, steal data,send vast quantity of spam and so on ........
Botnets are hard to detect because they are highly dynamic in nature and they adapt their behaviour to evade the security of many servers....
According to me , IT security teams must prevent corporate devices from being a part of botnet and protect corporate resources from attacks.The upcoming white paper contains my research on botnets ,the damage cause by attacks and mitigation techniques.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Meeting with Vikas Khanna...
Today was a strange day in my life......
I was working on Campus at Stevens Institute of Technology and like every other day i was quite engrossed in my work ......
Suddenly at around 11 am ..a very dynamic and charismatic personality walked in Dean's office and asked me for the appointment...( He was Indian but it clearly reflected that he was in US from quite a long time).. I requested him to wait for 10 minutes and after 10 minutes he met Dr. Ken Neilsen ( Dean at Stevens Tech)...
After the meeting which lasted 35-40 minutes , he walked out from the office ...but before leaving he handed me his Business card and I was Stunned to recognize him ( He is one of best Chef in World and among top 10 in USA )....He was no one else but Mr Vikas Khanna......I was happy as well as stunned ......My conversation with Dean gave me insights that he was awarded the NEWYORKER Trophy last year by President BUSH......
I was so elated and I am looking forward to work or help him in his huge foundation of providing vision to visualy impaired children......
I really liked his Quote "
"Disability is the inability to see ability."
"Water is one of the basic needs of survival of mankind and water can destroy it too. That is the power of NATURE. But there is an even more powerful dimension of NATURE which is a blessing to humans; courage, intelligence, compassion and the power to stand again"
http://www.vkhanna.com/OnStage.htm
http://www.vkhanna.com/index.html
I was working on Campus at Stevens Institute of Technology and like every other day i was quite engrossed in my work ......
Suddenly at around 11 am ..a very dynamic and charismatic personality walked in Dean's office and asked me for the appointment...( He was Indian but it clearly reflected that he was in US from quite a long time).. I requested him to wait for 10 minutes and after 10 minutes he met Dr. Ken Neilsen ( Dean at Stevens Tech)...
After the meeting which lasted 35-40 minutes , he walked out from the office ...but before leaving he handed me his Business card and I was Stunned to recognize him ( He is one of best Chef in World and among top 10 in USA )....He was no one else but Mr Vikas Khanna......I was happy as well as stunned ......My conversation with Dean gave me insights that he was awarded the NEWYORKER Trophy last year by President BUSH......
I was so elated and I am looking forward to work or help him in his huge foundation of providing vision to visualy impaired children......
I really liked his Quote "
"Disability is the inability to see ability."
"Water is one of the basic needs of survival of mankind and water can destroy it too. That is the power of NATURE. But there is an even more powerful dimension of NATURE which is a blessing to humans; courage, intelligence, compassion and the power to stand again"
http://www.vkhanna.com/OnStage.htm
http://www.vkhanna.com/index.html
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