Cyber Security tips from Tal Mozes and Menny Not just magnitude but also the direction! Barzilay from Tel Aviv, Reader Engagement Initiative Israel …pg 2 Volume 11 Overview of Issue 02 E-Commerce Industry September 2014 …pg 3 Circulated free to students of Vidyalankar (For private Ready, Steady, Go........ for circulation only) a Marathon! …pg 4 In association with BMC Junior Science Colleges Dial 6 For Iphone! now run by Vidyalankar MC has a huge network of primary two divisions (100 seats) - one division (50 and secondary schools. However, students) reserved for BMC school chil- many students from these schools dren and the other division (50 students) find it very difficult to get admis- for other students. Bsion into the traditional science In order to secure admission into an junior colleges because of multiple factors Engineering College, in the present day such as highs costs, high cut-off marks, etc. scenario, students need to excel at both As a result majority of these students drop the Std. XII & engineering entrance ex- out. Taking this into consideration, Vidy- ams. BSJC and RWJS provides to its stu- alankar now has collaborated with BMC to dents a synchronized system of learning run their two junior science colleges - Bha- where students are trained for engineer- wani Shankar Junior Science College ing entrance exams (like JEE Advanced (BSJC) at Dadar and Ratanbai Walbai Jun- & JEE Main) and Olympiads (Physics, ior Science College (RWJC) at Mulund. Chemistry, Mathematics), over and above As a social initiative undertaken by the regular college curriculum. Vidyalankar, BMC school students are Both these colleges offer compulsory taught free of cost in both these colleges. subjects like English, Physics, Chemistry, Fifty students (BMC school children) are Maths, Environment Education, and provided Std. XI, Std. XII and entrance Physical Education along with the bi-focal exam coaching free of cost. Fifty percent subject of Electrical Maintenance. of this coaching fee is borne by Vidy- Students aspiring to take admission in pple fans all over the world rejoiced when 802.11ac specifications, which is up to 3x faster alankar and the rest is borne by the civic BSJC / RWJC need to apply through the Apple unveiled its two phones on Tuesday, than 802.11n. Wi-Fi Calling support is included. The body. Each of these junior colleges has Offline Admission Process. in Cupertino, California - the iPhone 6 and near-field communications (NFC), new to the iP- iPhone 6 Plus, along with the Apple Watch hone family, is used mainly for Apple Pay - a Aand Apple Pay. Though Apple has a major new mobile payments system which will allow us- fan base, the android phones have become real ri- ers to store their credit cards in Passbook for use vals with their superior handsets. So the new iP- with online payments and retail purchases vali- hone has jumped the market with the most pano- dated by TouchID. The TouchID uses fingerprint ramic overhauls. Yet sadly, it has just jumped the identity sensor. bandwagon instead of setting trends that it was On the camera front, a new 8MP sensor is present distinguished for. on the rear facing camera which contains greater The iPhone 6 line are eighth generation smart- pixels for enhanced performance in low light condi- phones and the thinnest in the iPhone range with tions, the ability to shoot 1080p videos with about 30 iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus being just 6.9mm and to 60 fps and f/2.2 aperture lens. Also, a feature 7.1mm thick each. Both the phones have packed a in iPhone 6 Plus that iPhone 6 doesn’t in- whacking screen size of 4.7 inches and 5.5 clude is the Optical Image Stabiliza- inches keeping with the trend of large tion (OIS), to reduce shaking. A time- screened and less pocket-friendly lapse feature too has been included in phones. In fact the newest phones are the line. so big that Apple has included new The Apple Watch unveiled with the ‘Reachability’ features to make these iPhone 6 line came as no surprise, as phones thumb friendly. But the Apple now has a device to rival Sam- curved back and softer edges make sung’s Galaxy Gear. The Apple Watch the phone look manageable. Due to requires the iPhone to operate, essen- the larger physical size, the power tially positioning it as an accessory to button has been moved to the side of the smart phone. It’ll be available in the phone. early 2015 starting at $349 in US. Apple The most significant changes in Watch has been showcased in three iPhone 6 are its displays named "Ret- distinct designs. It is replete with fea- ina HD"; the iPhone 6 display is near- tures of a music player like an iPod, ly 16:9 resolution of 1334x750, while a fitness tracker with heart-rate meas- the iPhone 6 Plus includes an "ion- urements, a communications device strengthened" 1080p display. that will send and receive messages, calls and audio Both the models are equipped with A8 chip built recordings, and a handheld portal to other apps too. on 64-bit desktop-class architecture that was intro- It also makes payments via Apple Pay. It can also duced last year. Its power is enhanced by an M8 mo- control your Apple TV and act as a remote for con- tion coprocessor. The main difference from M7, is nected smart home devices. basically, when in motion, the M8 motion coproces- The phone became available on Friday night for sor continuously measures data from a new barom- pre orders. Apple has claimed record number of eter. Apple has been emphasizing on the improved pre orders overnight and the website crashed. So, battery life as compared to iPhone 5s. It has been all in all, iPhone 6 seems a rather good handset, touted that the new A8 chip would provide 25% in- though not the best. But in the iPhone range, iP- crease in CPU performance and 50% increase in hone 6 offers power of iOS and its simplicity com- graphics performance. bined with the hardware that rivals some of the LTE support is expanded on the iPhone 6 line, best Android phones. with support for over 20 LTE bands up to 150 Mbps Madhumita Sawant download speed, and Voice over LTE support. The TE EXTC 1, VIT Wi-Fi performance has been upgraded to support Ref. – www.apple.com/iphone-6/ Not just magnitude but also the direction! “Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.” —Jean Rostand In association with September 2014 2 CYBER SECURITY TIPS FROM Tal Mozes and Menny Barzilay from Tel Aviv, Israel idyalankar School of Informa- ple, quality, growth, and operations. He questions on how to become a security tion Technology in collabora- spoke about his days when he owned a soft- expert. Tal shared his view that one first tion with Uniken organized a ware house aimed to deliver mobile applica- needs to know everything that there is guest lecture on “Emerging tions. He was previously a senior consultant to know about a technology and only VTrends in Cyber Security and technology leader in one of Israel’s then could one start understanding the Threats & Innovative Security Technol- largest security services company. security aspects of the technology. They ogies” on 23 August, 2014 at VSIT, Wada- Menny Barzilay is Head of IT Audit, said that no technology is good or bad, la for the students of VSIT and VIT. The Bank Hapoalim, Public Speaker and Musi- it’s the people who use it or misuse it for speakers were Tal Mozes , who leads cian. He spoke of his days in the army and selfish reasons who create threats. Hacktics Security Center at Ernst & how it gave him the confidence to go out in The audience loved the humor and Young and Menny Barzilay, Head of IT the world and not be afraid to take risks. wit of the speakers and the ease with Audit at Bank Hapoalim. They spoke about how Israel, a small coun- which they talked about life in the army Tal Mozes who leads Ernst & Young’s try is looked upon by the world as a country and their journey from teenage hackers Hacktics Advanced Security Center re- of start-ups. Menny said “At any given to leading security experts in the world. sources is based in Tel Aviv, Israel. This point in time there are at least 700 start-ups The audience was held captive by the cutting-edge red team is dedicated to con- running in Israel”. This, he attributed to anecdotes and true life incidents of both ducting attack and penetration assessments the necessity of innovation and lack of these young speakers. for EY clients. In this role Tal is responsible natural resources in the country. Asif K. Rampurawala for all aspects of the center including peo- The audience asked the guests a lot of Faculty, VSIT A sumptuous spread: School Days Vs College Days t is said that school years are the best years of one’s Vidyalankar Polytechnic’s Master Chef life whereas a few feel that the fun of attending I(and sometimes bunking!) college and the feel of being a teenager has a thrill of its own. On a humorous note, it is said that the difference between school and life is that school teaches you les- sons and then gives you a test whereas life gives you a test and then teaches you a lesson! short period. We can say that school is Today, a meeting with a few of my our second home where we spent our close school friends with whom I had most of our childhood.