The first ever
NASSCOM-DSCI Cyber Security delegation is set to visit the Hague Security Delta
and Malvern Cyber Security Cluster, in Netherlands and UK respectively between
11- 15 April 2016. The delegation will be led by Dr. Gulshan Rai, National
Cyber Security Coordinator, Government of India, will comprise of 39
representatives from the Central and State Government, Industry (Security
Startups, SMBs & Large IT Services and Consulting), User organizations and
Academia.
Setting up of cyber
security clusters in India is an important recommendation of NASSCOM-DSCI Cyber
Security Task Force (CSTF), which was set up in 2015 on the Honourable Prime
Minister’s exhortation, to give a fillip to the budding security
entrepreneurship and to foster closer interaction between Govt., Industry and
Academia on security industry development. The visit to two of the world’s most
active, innovative cyber security clusters, will offer a plethora of
opportunities for initiating long-lasting collaborations between the regions,
help in understanding the cluster ecosystem and implementing it in Indian
cities, exploring avant-garde research, technologies and solutions in cyber
security, and most importantly, establishing the Indian brand in global cyber
security ecosystem. Equal focus would also be given to developing research
capabilities and exploring academic collaboration. More delegation visits to
other relevant regions are planned in near future.
While talking about the
delegation, Gulshan Rai, National Cyber Security Coordinator,
Government of India, said, “Knowledge, intelligence and
experience sharing are core to our approach on cyber security. As an
increasingly important issue, dealing with cyber
security for businesses and the state requires global collaboration. We are
looking to strengthen the collaboration with other nations on this important
subject, as we align ourselves to secure Digital India revolution.”
R Chandrashekhar,
President, NASSCOM, said, “After
Hon’ble PM Modi had asked NASSCOM to form a Task Force and chart out a Roadmap
for building cyber security industry, we worked on learning the critical
success factors for creating an ecosystem that would help achieve the vision of
making India a cybersecurity hub. Lot of our member companies, especially
startups, have developed niche capabilities in security space through products,
integrated solutions and managed services. The exchange of ideas and knowledge
facilitated by this delegation visit would add strength to our industry development
and promotion charter.”
Rajendra Pawar, Chairman,
NASSCOM-DSCI Cyber Security Task Force, said “Setting up
multiple cyber security clusters is one of the prime recommendations to achieve
CSTF vision. The success of The Hague Security Delta and Malvern Security
Cluster garnered great interest from CSTF members, and it was imperative that
we build a deeper engagement. Global learnings will help us chart out our
roadmap in a better fashion. We intend to take more such delegations in near
future”
Acknowledging the
delegation’s engagement potential, Nandkumar Saravade, CEO, DSCI,
said, “DSCI has been hosting international
security delegations for long. It was about time that we led an Indian
delegation. Learning from successful global models and countries is a matter of
great opportunity in catalysing the growth of the cyber security product
ecosystem, that fosters entrepreneurship in security domain. This initiative will pave the way for organisations
in exploring and forging alliances, in studying the ecosystem for research and
productization, learnings about the cutting edge technologies, and
on top in developing synergies between stakeholders. We are overwhelmed with tremendous response to this
initiative. We are thankful to both the countries for agreeing to host the
Indian delegation”
The Hague Security Delta
(HSD) is the largest security cluster in Europe. In this Dutch cluster –with
important regional hubs in The Hague, Twente, and Brabant– businesses,
governments, and knowledge institutions work together on innovations and
knowledge in the field of cyber security, national and urban security,
protection of critical infrastructure, and forensics. The Malvern Cyber
Security Cluster was founded in September 2011 and is run by Key IQ Ltd (Key IQ
is a business and technology catalyst, helping businesses to grow and succeed.
They run facilities, networks and events to foster creativity and promote
entrepreneurship.
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