AFTER emerging as an IT and ITES hub, Chandigarh and Mohali
can now become a benchmark for other states in the field of IT
security by starting this subject in various engineering and
technical colleges.
‘‘Punjab has the potential to become a leader in the field of IT
security by providing the required skill sets because of the
availability of a huge professional manpower in the state,’’ said
S.C. Agarwal, Punjab’s Principal Secretary for Industries and
Commerce here on Friday. Addressing the inaugural session of a
conference on ‘Business Security in a Networked Environment - Are We
Safe?’ organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII),
Punjab State Council, he said such courses were a need of the hour
and that he would take this suggestion forward with the authorities
concerned .
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Sivarama Krishnan, Associate Director
(Business Solutions) of PriceWaterHouseCoopers, said threats and
vulnerabilities in information protection are growing because of
increasing complexities in the day-to-day processes. ‘‘The Indian
scenario is not sound as far as information security is concerned.
Indian companies are facing more breaches than the global average,’’
he added.
The CII-IRM initiative which rolled out on August 16, 2004, in
association with the leading information assurance company Secure
Synergy, aims at meeting the industry’s imperative for robust
information security, said Secure Synergy CEO Capt Felix Mohan.
‘‘CII-IRM Consultancy encompasses three areas — security services
for managing information-related risks, compliance services to
enable industries comply with international regulations, and
certification services for attaining security best-practice
certifications such as BS 7799,’’ he said.
QuarkCity India MD P.S. Sehgal, said the information and
communication technology is now facing newer and bigger threats to
information infrastructures. Underlining the need for relentless
information security checks he said, ‘‘The information security
factor has become vital to the growth of the Indian BPO industry ’’.
CII Chandigarh Council vice-chairman Partap K. Aggarwal said IT
today should be viewed from the top management perspective instead
of an IT department perspective.
A number of experts from internationally renowned companies
shared their experiences and expertise at the conference. They
included A.K. Anand of Network Security Solutions (India) Ltd,
Pukhraj Singh of Siglnt Network Defense, Kamal Arora of Honeywell
Security Group, Rajendra Dhavale of Computer Associates India and
former Wipro BPO Solutions’ Head (Technology) Sunil Gujral. The
Session on legal framework was addressed by Supreme Court advocates
and cyber-law experts Vakul Sharma and Pavan Duggal.
Along with the conference, CII is organising ‘Security and
Surveillance 2005,’ a technology exposition that was inaugurated by
S.C. Agrawal.
The exposition features various security and surveillance
devices.
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