Data Security Council of India (DSCI) has organised its seventh edition of annual event Best Practices Meet (BPM) in Bengaluru. The two day event has witnessed discussions on contemporary issues including policy matters, concerted efforts taken at national and sectoral levels, proposed industry steps, market response, globally evolved practices, technology innovation, industry standards and architectural designs, to see how they play their roles in building a secure cyber space. The conference was inaugurated by K. K. Natarajan, CEO – Mindtree.
Speaking on the occasion K. K. Natarajan said, “There has been great push for transforming the economy into a digital economy, complemented by Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of a digitally empowered nation. As digital technologies on the one hand create immense opportunities, it gives rise to considerable vulnerabilities that can weaken the security posture.” He added “I am confident, that the DSCI Best Practices Meet will explore in-depth the structural and systematic analysis of security, and drive deliberations towards the need to build security by design.”
While welcoming the delegates, CEO of DSCI, Nandkumar Saravade highlighted the importance of Cyber Security in the digital world. He said “In the current landscape, the industry is witnessing wide-scale adoption of new technology solutions that are leading to building complex digital business models around technological breakthroughs. Cybercriminals take benefit of the scale and complexity brought about by the Digital transformation to attack these business models. Hence, cyber security becomes crucial while architecting the security of these models. DSCI events like Best Practices Meet are the common ground for focused discussions. It was a pleasure to witness some of the implementable solutions emerging out of the sessions, in addition to enriching knowledge sharing.”
With “Architecting Security for Digital Transformation” as the theme, the meet paved the way for an elaborate, 360 degree analysis of the security architecture. The event highlighted four workshops, including those on ‘Cyber Insurance’ and ‘Management of Legal Risks in IT-enabled businesses’ and , discussing ‘The Wearables: Relevance to Enterprise’, besides sessions on cyber & national security to organization’s information security and imperatives of architectural approach for solving security problems within the organisations.
The event saw participation from over 300 participants from across India, including over 50 eminent speakers from the industry, encompassing 22 intense and insightful sessions.