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Follow UsAs IT infrastructure continues to evolve and
mature with large enterprises, the need for increased IT security will become
more and more obvious. And as enterprises realize the limitations of basic
technology in guaranteeing enterprise security, they will need to adopt a
holistic approach to organizational security, taking into due consideration all
three key factors-people, processes and technologies.
Application security will become increasingly
important over the next few quarters. With more and more e-governance projects
using custom-built applications, there will be a need to ensure those
applications to be bug-free and virus free. Same is the case with banking
applications. As more enterprises become more vigilant, there will be a market
demand for third party certification for applications.
Changes in regulatory environment are also
expected to shape the security industry in India in a big way. As of yet, there
is no direct corporate liability for enterprise security. And apart from banking
and RBI sector, there exist no guidelines for enterprises to follow. This is
expected to change in the next 1-2 years as a new comprehensive IT legislation
is expected to be passed to ensure organizational liability in matters of
corporate security.
In terms of high-end security tools, large
enterprises will continue to adopt intrusion detection systems. Particular
thrust for the same will be seen in BFSI and manufacturing sectors, which have a
mature IT infrastructure in place. For remote access and applications like
inter-branch banking, VPNs will continue to be deployed.
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Most large enterprise with multiple applications
will deploy 3A tools of security-access, authentication and
administration-upon their internal applications, for example, user
authentication for e-commerce. This will also be driven by a need to keep CRM
data separate from users of say SCM data.
Tools like anti-virus and secure content
management have so far made their ground mostly on the desktop level. They will
increasingly move at server level or gateway level in large enterprises. For
remote location security, simple plug-and-play security devices or appliances
will take over from software applications. The appliances will make things
easier for manufacturing companies with small remote locations, where provision
of even an IT manager is difficult.
Because of limited off take of e-commerce in
India, technologies like PKI and bio-metrics will see little traction in the
domestic market in the next two-three years. Digital signatures have found early
adopters with quite a few initiatives on pilot levels, and future uptake of the
technology will depend on successes in these pilots. For example, Director
General of Foreign Trade in India recently adopted digital signatures for
documents and notifications issued to exporters. Businesses will adopt digital
signatures only if they see cost savings and productivity enhancements. In terms
of verticals, BPO and IT sectors will be role models for other industries with
their scale and adoption of best practices in security.