A Small Start

Some perspective.. (Q)What is Host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS)? (A) A host-based intrusion detection system is an intrusion detection system that is capable of monitoring and analyzing the internals of a computing system as well as the network packets on its network interfaces.   (Q) Why do we need HIDS and what are its uses? (A) The agent, which is installed on our servers communicates constantly with the master installed on another server. Any break-in attempt or software installations are communicated to master and based on rules and alert levels defined, master sends our Email and SMS notifications to relevant teams. All of this in real time . (Q) Looks pretty standard, what else can this do ? (A) Based on the installed product, HIDS also has feature of executing scripts on agents in case a server is unreachable because of break-in. Also this architecture supports multiple agents, giving the ability of aggregation and security event management (S...

We have large low income population with limited access to traditional banking facilities like deposits and loans. Which means saving their hard earned money and availability of quick credit are missing. These are the same people who get attracted to ponzi schemes for higher returns or get them self entangled in circle of debt. Multiple moneylender laws were enacted to deter such scams. However failure to replace the role of money lenders gave rise to scams such as the saradha scam. The latest law to ban Unregulated deposit schemes is another step to stop such scams from happening. With this latest law, hand loans and many other loans become illegal as they are not regulated unless it is between relatives. While we still debate about the law, let us discuss about the alternatives for such non regulated loans. Recently RBI has created a new entity called NBFC-P2P. These NBFC companies play the role of mediator in between lenders and borrowers to facilitate the process of lo...