The Hindu Business Line : `Efficient, proactive management impacts information security'

Net result
The awareness level of among Internet Net users hacking is high.
Internet users can now differentiate between ethical and unethical sites.

SAFEGUARD MEASURES: Mr D. Swaminathan, Chief Information Security Officer, Global Realty Outsourcing India, Chennai, addressing a BL Club meeting at Sri Sai Ram Engineering College.

Chennai , April 9

Taking a lead from his years of experience as an expert in information security, Mr D. Swaminathan, Chief Information Security Officer, Global Realty Outsourcing India Private Ltd, Chennai, said, "It is efficient and proactive management and not just technology that plays a major role in business organisations in general and information security management in particular."

Mr Swaminathan was talking to the MBA, MCA and BE students of Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Tambaram, in Chennai, at a two-day workshop on case studies, organised under the aegis of Business Line Club.

Hacking awareness

Today, the awareness level of hacking among Internet users is high, he said. Internet users can now differentiate between ethical and unethical sites and do not get carried away and provide sensitive information about themselves and their organisations on the Net.

The reason for so much concern about information security, he said, is that governments and various organisations have started opening up about themselves to the general public as part of their openness policy. This information is susceptible to misuse. There is much commercial activity on the Internet. Therefore, there is a need for higher levels of information security to safeguard the interest of the organisations.

Even though governments the world over have brought in legislation, including strict vigilance and enforcement, hacking is still prevalent and widespread, he observed.

Case-based teaching

Ms Sanghamithra Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies IIT- Madras, who spoke on `Case methods as a pedagogical tool' said case-based teaching was one of the most popular teaching methodologies adopted by teachers worldwide as it involved student-teacher participation and interaction. While the legal and medical fields of study made the best use of this system, management students could also benefit by it.

She offered the following tips on case writing to the participants: Try and make your case-writing story narrative. It gives better focus and enhances readability; focus on the individual, not the company, it's effective in situation analysis; write a case in such a way that it deals with all issues; never attempt to write a lengthy one. Seven to ten pages, including appendices, are ideal.

Case writing and learning is highly demanding so prior reading and analysis are vital, she cautioned.

The other speakers of this two-day case writing workshop were Mr R.K. Raj, Director, Centre for Career Aptitude Training, Mr S. Muralidharan, Director, Studio Infinity and Dr A. Thillai Rajan, Professor, IIT-Madras.

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