Wipro Launches ‘State of Cybersecurity Report 2017’

Study Finds Significant Rise in Cyber Security Threats due to Disruptive Technology

East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA and Mumbai, India – June 15, 2017:Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company today announced the launch of its first ‘State of Cybersecurity Report, 2017’ which highlights the macro, micro and meso environmental trends in cybersecurity in 2016 and imminent disruptions that can affect future trends.

The ‘State of Cybersecurity Report, 2017’ was developed after interviewing the CISO teams of 139 organizations across various industry sectors. The survey covered 11 countries in North America, Europe, APAC, Middle East and South Asia to evaluate trends in current security practices and analyzing thousands of attempted security attacks and incidents captured in Wipro’s Cyber Defence Centres during 2016. A secondary research was also done on impending disruptions in the cybersecurity domain. The report has key takeaways for both executive management tasked by the board of respective companies to minimize cyber risks and for the security analyst teams that are battling daily attacks in various Security Operations Centres around the globe.

                                       

According to the report, 2016 saw an alarming 53.6% increase in the number of records stolen across the globe as opposed to 2015. Data breaches once made public, resulted immediately in high peaking of negative sentiments on social media against the enterprise concerned, indicates the post facto twitter sentiment analysis. 56% of breaches reported had user credentials (passwords) as part of the types of data stolen, implying that further damage could be perpetrated using the stolen data.

Another finding of the report highlights that at 33.3%, angler was the most observed exploit kit. Angler, RIG, Nuclear were some of the most common types of exploit kits used by cyber criminals.  

According to the report, the Cyber Defence Center (CDC) data analysis points out that 56% of all the malware attacks that have taken place in 2016 were a result of Trojans. Likewise, viruses and worms accounted for 19% and 20% respectively. Other types of malware threat categories like PUA, adware and ransomware, together, though accounted for only 4% of attacks, often can lead to significant damages.

The study found that majority of the security products were themselves vulnerable to exploitation and CISOs will be required to keep track of vulnerabilities in the security products themselves.

Interestingly, emergence of new Internet of Everything “surfaces” like connected cameras, cars, health and industrial automation devices proves to be a great launch pad for the “hacking for hire” industry. The emerging IoT devices come with a low memory and processing footprint and usually accommodate very little security capabilities including patching. Such devices, once “online” with an IP address, are easy prey for sophisticated hacking syndicates. These syndicates can develop custom malware to take control of IoT devices en masse and use them as a launch pad for cyber-attacks. The report notes that the responsibility for governance of data privacy is still highly centralized, lying with either the CIO, CISO or CPO for 71% of organizations. Managing privileged access to data was ranked as the highest control amongst data security controls.

“Cyber security is becoming a top priority for businesses. It has become very critical to identify risks near real-time and empower stakeholders to take actions and decisions based on priority. The report highlights crucial findings on attacks, vulnerabilities and cyber defence that are useful for teams across cybersecurity strategy, operations and risk management,” said Sheetal Mehta, Vice President and Global Head, Cybersecurity & Risk Services, Wipro Limited.

RENOWNED SINGER HARIHARAN BECOMES WORLD PEACE AMBASSADOR

Mumbai, June 15, 2017: Hariharan, the highly renowned Indian playback and ghazal singer with a mesmerizing voice has joined hands with Peace Chocs (chocolates with beautiful emotional messages like Love, Thank You, Sorry, Best Wishes, Well Done, Keep Smiling).

Hariharan has come on-board to contribute to spreading peace through Peace Chocs and has been recognized as a World Peace Ambassador.  He encourages his fans and followers to become Peacekeepers and spread the seven Peace Values of Gratitude, Forgiveness, Love, Humility, Giving, Patience, and Truth. Their fans and followers can also avail pictures with them. For more details log on to www.peacechocs.com

PeaceChocs has been launched in collaboration with The World Peacekeepers Movement (TWPM) with a noble mission to spread peace in India. These chocolates are a beautiful means to develop peace between individuals.

Sir Dr. Huz (Huzaifa Khorakiwala), Chairman of The Peace Mission Pvt. Ltd. & Founder of The World Peacekeepers Movement (TWPM), says, “It is believed that music brings peace of mind and that’s what our aim is – to promote the message of peace. With such an accomplished singer Hariharan, we are sure that the message would reach wider audience.”

A way to spread peace is by expressing kind emotions, Peace Chocs can convey your emotions easily. The sweetness both in the voice of Hariharan and taste of Peace Chocs will spread peace and kindness, he added.

There are more than 50 celebrities who have come on board to contribute to spreading peace through Peace Chocs and are recognized as World Peace Ambassadors, some of them include Amrita Rao, Mickey Mehta, Bhaichung Bhutia and Hiten Tejwani.

Peace Chocs convey different emotions like Thank You, Sorry, Well Done, Get Well Soon, Best Wishes, Love and Keep Smiling. Gifting has never been solicitous and attached to a cause of wellbeing. Peace Chocs is a one of a kind gifting option which adds value of high relevance to a world that merely focuses on virtual relationships through innovations like social media. Peace Chocs intends to bring back personal touch to relationships.

These chocolates are available at all leading retail outlets in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi NCR, Kolkata & Madhya Pradesh.

 

The uniqueness of Peace Chocs is not just in the taste, but also in the message conveying different emotions. Each Peace choc is wrapped in a different color expressing a particular emotion along with emoticons which adds an element of fun to the value it is expressing. The chocolates are available in packs of 15 gms & 80 gms priced at Rs. 15 and Rs. 100 respectively. The company has also launched Peace Candies in two flavors – Kaccha Aam & Orange. People involved with this cause believe they need to spread these messages as the world could never have enough of goodness.

Cox & Kings rolls out grand monsoon sale on domestic destinations

Packages start from just Rs.99!

June 15^th 2017, Mumbai: Cox and Kings, a leading leisure and education travel group with operations in 22 countries, has introduced special monsoon travel offers such as free nights on different instant and tailor-made travel packages to various domestic destinations making monsoon travel inexpensive like never before. In some packages you just have to pay the GST!

The sale offers full stay free on 2D/1N packages to Nashik, Shirdi, Aurangabad, Mahabaleshwar and Daman. The travellers will have to pay only the tax amount which is Rs. 99 for these holidays. On instant packages to Jaipur, Udaipur, Kodaikanal, Kumarakom and Wayanad; travellers will have to pay for only for one night stay and one night is offered free. On individual packages to Goa, Kashmir, Ladakh, Ooty- Kodaikanal, Mysore-Coorg-Bangalore, Nepal, Kerala, Andaman, North-East and Bhutan; 2 nights free stay is offered. The free nights offer is valid only till 30^th September 2017.

In another exciting offer, the travellers can book a 3-night luxury stay at The Ultimate Travelling Camp for Rs 89,999 to get 5 freebies such as return airfare to Delhi-Leh-Delhi, additional 4 nights stay in a Leh hotel, meals with a private butler service, lunch at Nimmu House in Leh and a walk around the heritage parts of Leh town.

The sale also announces a promotional offer in which a few lucky winners stand a chance to meet Salman Khan in person. The Salman Khan fans can pick from any one of the TUBELIGHT packages to Manali, Shimla-Manali or Ladakh.    

The exclusive travel offerings such as Getaway Goddess (women tours) and Trip 360 (adventure tours) widen the range of holidays even further for discerning monsoon travellers.

Here’re the details of some of the interesting packages, for reference.

FULL STAY FREE (YOU ONLY PAY RS. 99* GST PER PERSON PER NIGHT)

Instant Nasik

02 Days / 01 Night

Ex – Nashik

Price   1,099/-* PP

Price   0000/-*

Instant Shirdi

02 Days / 01 Night

Ex – Shirdi

Price   1,099/-* PP

Price   0000/-*

Instant Aurangabad

02 Days / 01 Night

Ex – Aurangabad

Price   1,099/-* PP

Price   0000/-*

Instant Mahabaleshwar

02 Days / 01 Night

Ex – Mahabaleshwar

Price   1,099/-* PP

Price   0000/-*

Instant Daman

02 Days / 01 Night

Ex – Daman

Price   1,099/-* PP

Price   0000/-*

01 NIGHT FREE

Instant Jaipur

03 Days / 02 Nights

Ex – Jaipur

Price   2,249/-* PP

Offer Price   1,149/-*

Instant Udaipur

03 Days / 02 Nights

Ex – Udaipur

Price   2,499/-* PP

Offer Price   1,249/-*

Instant Kodaikanal

03 Days / 02 Nights

Ex – Kodaikanal

Price   3,599/-* PP

Offer Price   1,799/-*

Instant Kumarakom

03 Days / 02 Nights

Ex – Kumarakom

Price   4,599/-* PP

Offer Price   2,299/-*

Instant Wayanad

03 Days / 02 Nights

Ex – Wayanad

Price   5,449/-* PP

Offer Price   2,749/-*

 

02 NIGHT FREE

 

Enchanting Kerala (Ex – Kochi)

06D / 05N

Visit Kochi, Munnar, Thekkady & Alleppey

Price   Starting from 16,699/- PP

Offer Price   9,999/-*

HIGHLIGHTS-

·       Visit St. Francis Church, The Jewish Synagogue and Mattancherry Palace

·       Enjoy a visit to the Tea Museum, Rose Garden and Mattupetty Lake in Munnar

·       Spice plantation tour at Thekkady

·       Cruise on Backwaters

 

Goa Dhamka

05 Days / 04 Nights

Ex – Goa

Price  Starting from 9,999/-* PP

Offer Price   4,999/-*

HIGHLIGHTS-

·            Visit Churches of Old Goa and Boat Cruise on the Mandovi River.

·            Visit Calangute and Vagator beach

·            Laze around the white sandy beaches in Goa.

 

Ladakh – Roof of The World With Pangong

06 Days / 05 Nights

Ex – Leh

Price   Starting from 19,349 per person

Offer Price   11,699/-*

HIGHLIGHTS-

·            Explore Shey Palace, the 15^th century summer palace and monastery of Leh’s royal family.

·            Discover the 800 year old gompa Thiksey.

·            Visit Hemis Monastery – the largest and wealthiest gompa in Ladakh.

·            The Monastery of Alchi is famous for its 1000 year old wall paintings.

 

Nilgiri Picturesque Hills

(Ooty & Kodaikanal)

06 Days / 05 Nights

Ex – Coimbatore

Price   Starting from 19,949/- PP

Offer Price   11,999/-*

HIGHLIGHTS-

·            Excursion to Coonoor.

·            Visit the Pillar Rocks, Coaker’s walk and the magnificent Bear-Shola falls.

 

Pearl of East

06 Days / 05 Nights

Ex – Bhubaneshwar

Price   Starting from 21,649/- PP

Offer Price   12,999/-*

HIGHLIGHTS-

·            Visit the famous Jagannath Temple.

·            Visit Sun Temple in Konark.

·            Enjoy an excursion to Chilka Lake.

 

Bhutan – Himalayan Kingdom

06 Days / 05 Nights

Ex – Paro

Price   Starting from 23,349/- PP

Offer Price   13,999/-*

HIGHLIGHTS-

·            Explore Thimpu on a city tour.

·            Visit the most popular spiritual heritage sites in Paro.

·            Enjoy a visit to Dochu La Pass.

 

Best of Kashmir

06 Days / 05 Nights

Ex – Srinagar

Price   Starting from 16,649/- PP

Offer Price   9,999/-*

HIGHLIGHTS-

·            Enjoy a Romantic Shikara Ride on Dal Lake.

·            Enjoy a sightseeing tour of Srinagar.

·            Discover the Awantipura Ruins, built here in the 9^th century namely, dedicated to Lord Vishnu.

 

Enchanting Nepal

06 Days / 05 Nights

Ex – Kathmandu

Price   Starting from 15,899/- PP

Offer Price   9,599/-*

HIGHLIGHTS-

·            Enjoy a city tour of Kathmandu

·            Explore the city of Pokhara

 

*All prices are as per Ex-Hubs based on twin sharing per person basis. Tour price includes Hotel Accommodation, Sightseeing, Cox & Kings Tour Manager Services (for group tours only), Meals (as per itinerary), Transportation (for Tailor Made Tours only). All rates are valid for travel to end on or before 30^th September 2017.

To book your dream package, call us on 1800 120 0660 or SMS BD to 5757567. For more information log on to www.coxandkings.com.

ABOUT COX & KINGS LTD: (BSE: 533144 | NSE: COX&KINGS)

Cox & Kings Ltd. (‘C&K’) is a leading leisure and education travel group with operations in 22 countries across four continents. It is one of the most experienced travel companies in the world, having been in operation since 1758. Headquartered in India, C&K has over the last three decades transformed itself into a diversified, multinational travel conglomerate with a focus on the new-age global consumer. 

C&K operates in three key verticals; Leisure, Education, Hybrid Hotels.

Leisure—India is best known by the ubiquitous Cox & Kings brand in India, where we are an integrated travel enterprise, offering the best and widest range of travel options to individuals, groups and businesses in the fastest growing major economy in the world. www.coxandkings.com

Leisure—International operates in multiple countries, mainly under the Cox & Kings brand, with a greater focus on premium-end travel. www.coxandkings.co.uk

Education operates under the brand names PGL and NST, among others. PGL and NST are market leaders in experiential learning in the UK and we intend to take these brands across the world; we have recently entered the Australian market.www.pgl.co.uk, www.nstgroup.co.uk

Meininger currently operates more than 8,500 beds across 17 hotels in 11 European cities. The unique hybrid concept of Meininger combines the service and comfort of a hotel with the uncomplicated nature of a hostel; top locations, high-quality amenities, flexible room structure and reasonable prices. www.meininger-hotels.com

Cox & Kings is one of the founding members of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and also a member of premier industry associations across the world. Over the years the company has won many awards which stand testimony to its excellence in service.

In 2016, it won Hospitality India Travel Award for Best Domestic Tour Operator and Best Experiential Travel Company. Cox & Kings Trade Fairs was recognized as Champions of ChinaPlas for 2016, fourth time in a row. In 2017, continuing with its winning legacy, Cox & Kings won the coveted SATTE Awards and Travel and Lifestyle Leadership Award for Best Outbound Tour Operator. Cox & Kings has also been a consistent winner at the World Travel Awards since years. The title of Asia’s Leading Luxury Tour Operator was bagged for the 3^rd consecutive time, India’s Leading Tour Operator for the 4^th time and India’s Leading Travel Agency for the 5^th consecutive time in 2017.

For further details on this release, please contact:

Thomas C. Thottathil

Cox & Kings Ltd.

Head – Corporate Communications
T: +91-22-22709100

E: thomasct@coxandkings.com

Nexa journeys on AH1 reignites Auto Enthusiast Girish Karkera’s love for cars

 

Nexa journeys on AH1, has been a visual delight for travel and car aficionados. This latest travel reality show that airs on Discovery Channel every Sunday is here to fuel your wanderlust desires with the breath-taking routes across three nations. In the last four episodes, the celebrities have explored some of the most awe-inspiring and lesser traveled roads on the way to Bangkok, via Asian Highway 1. This week Girish Karkera, Editor of BBC Top Gear India, who has traveled the world for reviewing cars, will be seen taking a trip through the unexplored paths that lead to Bangkok.
The upcoming episode will incite Girish’s love for cars and encourage him to embark on a journey to explore the AH1, and further persuade his companions to be the travellers and not just tourists. Along his way, Girish meets people across the AH1 who share the same amount of love and enthusiasm for their respective vehicles. Throughout this trip, Girish shoots and captures various precious moments. He plans to share these memories of his day to day adventures with his 8-year-old son, in order to pass on the same passion for exploring places.

While spending time with Girish, his plus one, who is a rally driver, realizes that a car is not just about speed and its unique features, but also about making it a medium to explore new places and discovering your own self along the way.

Join Girish on his journey of self

 -exploration while he discovers some of the most mystical routes on his way to Bangkok, via Asian Highway 1 only on Discovery Channel on 18th June at 7:30 pm