Dr. Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO DSCI on the occasion said “DSCI has proactively engaged with the government and law enforcement agencies on public advocacy and thought leadership to promote the growth of public-private-partnership (PPP) and encouraged multi-stakeholders approach in strengthening cyber security in the country. NASSCOM-DSCI report ‘Securing Our Cyber Frontiers’ presented to the National Security Advisor (NSA) published in 2012 that catalyzed the creation of Joint Working Group (JWG) under the Chairpersonship of Dy NSA as an institutional mechanism for promoting PPP to strengthen cyber security.”
Best Practices Meet 2013 is yet another endeavor by DSCI to engage the stakeholders and facilitate in-depth discussions on the issues of cyber security. The Meet, through eminent leaders from government, user organizations and service providers will weave in discussions on changing technology landscape, trends and best practices essential to combat cyber attacks and crimes. It will feature multiple parallel sessions and panel discussions including - National Cyber Security through PPP, Cyber Health, Cyber Defense, Demystifying Cyber Attacks, Security Automation & Intelligence, Defending Application Innovations and Defending against Advance Persistent Threats.
With the release of the National Cyber Security Policy 2013 last week, the BPM 13 will feature a comprehensive discussion on the policy. Additionally, a ‘Technical Paper Contest’, is also being organized in partnership with IEEE India Council to promote new thoughts and ideas.
About DSCI
DSCI is a focal body on data protection in India, set-up as an independent Self‐Regulatory Organization (SRO) by NASSCOM®, to promote data protection, develop security and privacy best practices & standards and encourage the Indian industries to implement the same.
DSCI is engaged with the Indian IT/BPO industry, their clients worldwide, Banking and Telecom sectors, industry associations, data protection authorities and other government agencies in different countries. It conducts industry wide surveys and publishes reports, organizes data protection awareness seminars, workshops, projects, interactions and other necessary initiatives for outreach and public advocacy. DSCI is focused on capacity building of Law Enforcement Agencies for combating cyber crimes in the country and towards this; it operates several cyber labs across India to train police officers, prosecutors and judicial officers in cyber forensics. Public Advocacy, Thought Leadership, Awareness and Outreach and Capacity Building are the key words with which DSCI continues to promote and enhance trust in India as a secure global sourcing hub, and promotes data protection in the country.
