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As per a recent revelation,<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=vodafone+india"> Vodafone India</a>’s chief information officer <keyword id="312129" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Anthony-Thomas">Anthony Thomas</keyword> has tendered his resignation informing the firm about his plans to pursue other opportunities. As per the media reports, the move came months ahead of the expiration of Vodafone and <keyword id="10875" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="IBM">IBM</keyword> pact. 
 
Requesting anonymity, officials have revealed that the $1-billion outsourcing contract between Vodafone and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=IBM+">IBM </a>is set to expire in a couple of months and talks are on to renew the deal. 
 
An official email has also been sent to all <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=vodafone">Vodafone </a>employees on Wednesday confirming Thomas’s exit from the company but the name that will replace Thomas as CIO is yet to come up. 
 
The mail sent to the employees reads, "Anthony Thomas, chief information officer, India, has decided to pursue career opportunities outside Vodafone. His last day at Vodafone will be September 15, 2015." 
 
The spokesperson, however, didn’t comment on the matter yet. 
 
Thomas joined Vodafone in April 2012 and played a key role in creating a new centralized IT structure within the company during his tenure. During his stint at Vodafone, the company also rolled out several new technology initiatives including the company's micro-financing service m-pesa and also a new data warehouse. 
 
Prior to Vodafone, Thomas had worked with companies such as <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Citigroup">Citigroup</a>, Ernst &amp; Young (E&amp;Y) and Intelligroup Inc. 
 
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Vodafone India’s CIO quits ahead of $1-billion deal renewal

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">USA-CYBERWAR/ REUTERS/Rick Wilking Personnel at the Air Force Space Command Network Operations &amp; Security Center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 20, 2010.</div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>The Air Force targeted its own personnel in Europe with spear-phishing attacks in November.</li><li>The exercise was a test of the network's users' awareness of potential threats.</li><li>Spear-phishing, which targets specific users, has already been used in the real world with profound effects.</li></ul>In November, the Air Force targeted its personnel at bases in Europe with spear-phishing attacks to test their awareness of online threats.The tests were coordinated with Air Force leaders in Europe and employed tactics known to be used by adversaries targeting the US and its partners, the Air Force said in a <a href="https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1716445/afcyber-evaluates-airmen-with-spear-phishing-emails/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">release</a>.Spear-phishing differs from normal phishing attempts in that it targets specific accounts and attempts to mimic trusted sources.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-the-navy-launches-lcs-vessels-by-tumbling-them-into-water-sideways-2018-12" data-analytics-position="3">Here's why the Navy's newest littoral combat ship just tumbled into the water sideways</a>Spear-phishing is a "<a href="https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1716445/afcyber-evaluates-airmen-with-spear-phishing-emails/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">persistent threat</a>" to network integrity, Col. Anthony Thomas, head of Air Force Cyber Operations, said in the release."Even one user falling for a spear-phishing attempt creates an opening for our adversaries," Thomas said. "Part of mission resiliency is ensuring our airmen have the proficiency to recognize and thwart adversary actions."<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=105872">Mass Communication Specialist Samuel Souvannason/US Navy Photo</a>Sailors on watch in the Fleet Operations Center at the headquarters of US Fleet Cyber Command/US 10th Fleet, December 14, 2017.</div></div></div>The technique has already been put into real-world use.Just before Christmas in 2015, Russian hackers allegedly used spear-phishing emails and Microsoft Word documents embedded with malicious code to hit Ukraine with a cyberattack that caused power outages - the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/01/05/hackers-caused-a-blackout-for-the-first-time-researchers-say/?utm_term=.218bb8e8218f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first publicly known</a> attack to have such an effect.This month, the US Department of Justice <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-chinese-hackers-associated-ministry-state-security-charged-global-computer-intrusion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> two Chinese nationals with involvement in a decade-long, government-backed effort to hack and steal information from US tech firms and government agencies.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-milestone-for-b61-12-nuclear-gravity-bomb-tail-kit-assembly-2018-12" data-analytics-position="8">The Air Force just hit a major milestone with the US military's upgraded, highly precise nuclear bomb</a>Their group <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/20/18150275/chinese-hackers-stealing-data-nasa-ibm-charged" target="_blank" rel="noopener">relied</a> on spear-phishing, using an email address that looked legitimate to send messages with documents laden with malicious code.For their test in November, Air Force cyber-operations officials sent emails from non-Department of <keyword id="6354810" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="defense">Defense</keyword> addresses to users on the Air Force network, including content in them that looked legitimate.The emails told recipients to do several different things, according to the release.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="http://pictures.reuters.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&amp;VBID=2C04WN5SSRIML&amp;SMLS=1&amp;RW=1496&amp;RH=889">Rick Wilking/Reuters</a>Personnel at the Air Force Space Command Network Operations &amp; Security Center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 20, 2010.</div></div></div>One appeared to be sent by an Airman and Family Readiness Center, asking the addressee to update a spreadsheet by clicking a hyperlink. Another email said it was from a legal office and asked the recipient to add information to a hyperlinked document for a jury panel in a court-martial."If users followed the hyperlink, then downloaded and enabled macros in the documents, embedded code would be activated," the release said. "This allowed the threat emulation team access to their computer." Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2nd-fleet-boss-us-navy-can-counter-russian-a2ad-in-contested-waters-2018-12" data-analytics-position="13">'We're getting a lot better': The head of the US Navy's newest fleet says it can counter one of Russia's favorite tactics</a>Results from the test - which was meant to improve the defenses of the network as a whole and did not gather information on individuals - showed most recipients were not fooled."We chose to conduct this threat emulation (test) to gain a deeper understanding of our collective cyber discipline and readiness," <a href="https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1716445/afcyber-evaluates-airmen-with-spear-phishing-emails/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Maj. Ken Malloy, Air Force Cyber Operations' primary planning coordinator for the test. The lessons "will inform data-driven decisions for improving policy, streamlining processes and enhancing threat-based user training to achieve mission assurance and promote the delivery of decisive air power," Malloy said. <div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"> U.S. Air Force/Technical Sgt. Cecilio RicardoUS Cyber Command.</div></div></div>While fending off spear-phishing attacks requires users to be cognizant of untrustworthy links and other suspicious content, other assessments have found US military networks themselves do not have adequate defenses.A Defense Department Inspector General report <a href="https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/12/14/audit-finds-cyber-vulnerabilities-in-us-missile-defense-system/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released this month</a> found that the Army, the Navy, and the Missile Defense Agency "did not protect networks and systems that process, store, and transmit (missile defense) technical information from unauthorized access and use."That could allow attackers to go around US missile-defense capabilities, the report said.In one case, officials had <a href="https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/12/14/audit-finds-cyber-vulnerabilities-in-us-missile-defense-system/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failed to patch</a> flaws in their system after getting alerts about vulnerabilities - one of which was first found in 1990 and remained unresolved in April this year. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-yasmin-green-jigsaw-hacked-online-phishing-scams-2017-1">How to protect yourself from the biggest threat to safety and security online</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

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