New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) yesterday announced measures to improve transparency in telecom tariff offers so that telecom subscribers can choose the best available tariff plans.

The directions to Telecom access service providers, Preventing Misleading Tariff Advertisements, has been finalised after extensive stakeholder consultations including holding cross-country open house discussions.

New Delhi: Sachin Pilot, the Minister of State, Communication and Information Technology in response to a question in Lok Sabha said that, In tune with the dynamic nature of Information Technology (IT) , continuous efforts are on to prevent and recover from cyber attacks. The area of Information Technology is characterised by rapid developments and fast changing obsolescence, he said.

With every IT product introduced into the market, newer vulnerabilities are discovered, leaving scope for malicious actions, he added.

New Delhi: Milind Deora, the Minister of State, Communication and Information Technology told Lok Sabha that, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has issued instructions to Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) to verify the identity of the customer before providing any telephone connection.

Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring (TERM) Cells (field units of DoT) are carrying out sample Audit of Customer Application Forms (CAFs) on monthly basis to monitor the compliance of these instructions, he stated.

New Delhi: Steria today announced the launch of Steria: RightSecurity Services. The service offering enables organisations to outsource all or part of their security service requirements, from risk identification and prevention, through to remedial planning and deployment, overall management and control. RightSecurity Services is provided 'as a service', and works on a pay-per-use model. Steria has strengthened its Shared Services Centres with a facility dedicated to security, in order to provide clients with ready access to a pool of security experts.

Mumbai: Modulo, a leading provider of IT and Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions, today announced the expansion of its global organization with the opening of its APAC headquarters in Mumbai. As part of this expansion, Modulo brings on board industry IS expert Devang Ashar as the Managing Director for Modulo APAC (Asia-Pacific). Modulo is a sponsor of the GRC Summit 2012 conference being held March 15-16 at the Peninsula Grand in Mumbai.