By Lalit K JhaWashington, Jul 13 (PTI) Observing that cyberspace is the "new battlefield", a top Microsoft official has called for a a global digital convention to combat cyberattacks that have morphed into sophisticated nation state attacks. We see it even in the last two weeks, in an attack on a country that then spread around the world," Smith said, addressing thousands of partners of Microsoft at the conference. "One thing has unfortunately become all too clear: cyberspace is the new battlefield and when you think about all of these recent incidents, this is a wakeup call. It is a wakeup call to Microsoft and every partner and every customer and we hope to every government in the world,? As a company, he said, Microsoft has launched a four-part approach to strengthen cybersecurity including identity and access management.

Source: India Today July 13, 2017 13:18 UTC