NeST-Hitachi launch HackerSafe security software

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: HackerSafe, a total security solution for network systems

and servers jointly developed by Hitachi Ltd. and Network Systems and

Technologies Ltd. (NeST) was formally launched to the global market (excluding

Japan) by P K Kunhalikutty, Kerala IT Minister.

HackerSafe has already been successfully deployed in several Japanese

corporate houses such as Toyota Corp for protecting their critical data against

possible intrusion from hackers. "The product will be globally marketed by

NeST in USA, Canada, UK, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, India and Australia. NeST is

expecting an overwhelming response to this product from several corporate houses

and departments in banking, stock exchange, atomic energy, space and defense

where the security of data is very critical to their operations", NeST

managing director, N Jehangir said.

HackerSafe goes much beyond the level of firewalls, encryption, IDS and other

conventional security mechanisms to provide a total solution. "It provides

the last and successful line of defense where the conventional technologies

fail," Jehangir said. It protects any kind of data on a machine.

It can also be used as an OS hardening tool, as an extension of the data

usage policy within the organisation or as a last line of defense on web exposed

or internal servers. Among the additional features of the product include remote

management (capable of being managed from a central server), multi-platform

support (Windows, ALX, Linux, HP-UX and Solaris) and ease of administration (the

network administrator can design access policies to suite company needs).

HackerSafe was fully developed at the NeST software development center at

Technopark here for Hitachi involving about 75 man years of effort and

challenging R&D breakthrough in operating system and internal device

drivers, the company officials said. When billions of dollars have been lost

already on account of hacking in large government and private corporations,

Hitachi and NeST have joined together to create a total solution according to T

Umezu of Hitachi (Japan) and Noboru Highuchi, Hitachi (India).

NeST Software Development Center is a CMM Level 5 unit based in Technopark

belonging to the Rs 300 crore NeST group. The group has strengths in software,

hardware R&D, fiber optics components and devices, wireless, PCs,

networking, education, animation, etc. It has over 3000 employees worldwide at

18 manufacturing units.