NASSCOM DSCI Annual Information Security Summit 2012 ends with over 350 participants from government, corporate and academia

NASSCOM Data Security Council of India (DSCI) organized 7th NASSCOM – DSCI Annual Information Security Summit at the Taj Lands End Mumbai on December 11-12, 2012. This year the Annual Security Summit, which also is one of the biggest annual events on information security , witnessed 400+ participation from government, industry, solution providers and user community, from India and abroad. This year, Mr. N Chandrasekaran, Chairman, NASSCOM and CEO, TCS inaugurated the Summit and provided the theme address. In his Inaugural address Mr. Chandrasekaran emphasized the growing importance of information security and privacy, given the increased use of technology and automation in all spheres of life and appreciated the efforts of DSCI in sensitizing the industry on contemporary security and privacy issues and for working closely with the government on the policy and legal issues. Mr. Chandrasekeran released the DSCI Assessment Frameworks for Security and Privacy, which have been developed to assess the maturity of practices deployed by organizations in security and privacy and are primarily based on the DSCI Security Framework (DSF) and DSCI Privacy Framework (DPF). These frameworks are intended to be used as tools for providing assurance to clients, consumers and regulators for data protection.



Dr. Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO, DSCI while welcoming the guests shared the key engagements of DSCI in the area of Public Advocacy, Thought Leadership, Outreach and Awareness and Capacity Building - public-private partnership in cyber security, Internet governance, engagement with EU on India’s ‘adequacy’ under the Data Protection Directive for trans-border data flows, work with government agencies on public advocacy, international standards and DSCI frameworks. Highlighting the future strategy of DSCI, Dr. Bajaj said “During the last 4 years, DSCI has achieved significant milestones and our activities continue to expand, giving us the opportunity to contribute and make an impact on the industry, and at national and international levels. DSCI has now expanded into cyber security, privacy protection areas in full steam. And have taken first steps in the areas of Internet governance, cyber diplomacy, and telecom matters through ITU and ITRs in so far as they relate to cyber security and the Internet. Social media has its own security issues, which are having a greater impact on national security. Freedom of speech and content regulation are the other dimensions of cyber security. There are thin lines of demarcation among many of these. DSCI and NASSCOM have to be there.”



The 2-day Annual Information Security Summit provided the platform for addressing the current security challenges, trends in the security, broad subjects including National Security, Cyber Crimes and Cyber Security. In particular, the following industry segments and technology areas were addressed: IT and BPO, Critical infrastructure, Banking and Finance, e-Commerce and m-Commerce, Operational Technologies- SCADA & Industrial Controls, Cloud computing, Big Data, Social Computing, Advanced Persistent Threats & New Generation Network Security Capabilities. The user-provider-interaction feature of the Summit added to the growing awareness on security solutions available and prevalent in the country, while reinforcing the motto of the Summit – India Meets for Security.



With over 350 participants and by the support of over 35 organizations, the Mumbai Summit 2012 featured various sessions and roundtables that provided guidance on contemporary and evolving approaches to the security challenges faced by different industry verticals. The Summit provided a platform to discuss broader subjects like Cyber Diplomacy, Cyber Crimes, Business Responsibility in Information Age together with celebrating the success of women in the field of security through a special session that was chaired by Ms. Latha Reddy, Deputy National Security Advisor (Dy. NSA). Another interesting session ‘Security as a Career’ deliberated on the facts and perspectives of contemporary discussions on adequacy of skills for cyber security.