TCS Investigates Potential Role in Cyber-Attack on UK Retailer M&S

The Indian IT giant, TCS, is investigating its potential link to a cyber-attack on the British retailer M&S. In the UK, many retailers have outsourced their IT, development, and Infosec functions to TCS to reduce costs. TCS's business model involves hiring inexperienced graduates, presenting them as cybersecurity experts, and having them trained by the small internal teams of client companies. The author of the post mentions having personally observed skill and security practice gaps among TCS employees.