MUMBAI: CII has launched an information risk management service in partnership with SecureSynergy, an Indian information assurance player. SecureSynergy CEO Felix Mohan elaborated on the IRM service and let the audience through the CII portal to show the different service components that it encompassed.

The service includes a security library, consulting & training services, seminars, workshops, a correspondence course, a newsletter, etc. The function witnessed the launch of a comprehensive website on Information security - www.cii-ss.com, which will be the service portal for IRM service delivery.

Addressing the gathering, McAfee Inc global chairman and CEO George Samenuk said that the growing threat to IT security is the most serious concern of IT companies today. This threat is being faced not only by companies but also by governments, civilian agencies, defense establishments, educational institution's etc, globally.

Samenuk also warned about attacks from Internet service providers and those using high speed Internets that would propagate viruses and worms. Phishing, Buffer over flow problems, Port blocking, Application attacks, network attacks were mentioned by him as other areas of concern. He also elaborated on the need for automated shielding with intrusion prevention for trusted systems.

In his welcome address, Tata Consultancy Services CFO S Mahalingam noted that IT companies are far from safe and need to gear themselves to meet the increasingly demanding standards of international disclosures and corporate governance. He added that the Indian Industry is quite unprepared to meet this growing threat as brought out by a survey, which found that 79 percent of corporate India did not have any business continuity plan in place.

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