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Nasscom gives top priority to IS

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MUMBAI: Indian companies are increasing undertaking high-end software development and to further this cause Nasscom is joining hands with the government and IT industry to address issues related to information security (IS) with the launch of its Security Forum. Nasscom and Mphasis BFL Ltd chairman Jerry Rao will lead the Forum.





The NASSCOM Security Forum aims to promote security consciousness to enhance international competitiveness of the Indian IT industry, informed Rao. NASSCOM will coordinate and identify five areas deemed critical to IS. These include consumer awareness, early warning systems, corporate governance, technical standards and security across software development.

Addressing a press conference, Rao said that security concerns must be addressed at the CEO and boardroom level of every company and by political leaders at all levels. This challenge would be addressed through the forum.

Rao lamented that although India compared well with competing destinations on the security matrix, awareness about security issues was still low.






Some of the objectives of the Forum include working on stringent legal frameworks to deal with data protection and IP rights issues, creating awareness about protecting sensitive information from unauthorized disclosure, highlighting the need for international security standards, ensuring robust verification and auditing process to track development of software code and exchange reports with member companies on market trends, issues and challenges of the security market at regular intervals.


Nasscom has organized a summit later this year, in association with Ministry of IT, ITAA, Department of Commerce and Homeland Security, US to share the best practices in cyber security.





(CyberMedia News Service)





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