Cyberskilling & awareness should start at school level: Check Point’s Venugopal

The fast evolving threat landscape is making organisations around the world re-think their cybersecurity strategy. The growing adoption of digital technologies by organisations at home makes this applicable in the Indian context as well. In a telephonic interaction with Mint, Venugopal N, Director – Security Engineering, Check Point Software Technologies, a cybersecurity company, presses on the importance of upgrading to newer technologies, the role of data protection laws and why employee awareness is critical in the fight against cyberthreats.

Q. Where do enterprises in India stand when it comes to dealing with cyber threats?

Many organizations today are still using technologies that are 10 years old. Around 97% of enterprises are not protected by generation 5 attacks and are still using gen 2 technologies.