Month: February 2023

India’s premier indigenous security and surveillance product manufacturing brand, PRAMA got an overwhelming response to its wide range of indigenously manufactured video security products and bespoke vertical solutions at the IFSEC India Security Expo 2022. The latest products embedded with the cutting edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), and IoT Security Technologies and applications were on display at the PRAMA booth. The PRAMA booth at the IFSEC India displayed a wide range of indigenously manufactured products and innovative solutions. The key vertical solutions for the project market were on display at the PRAMA booth, including Centralised Video Management Solution, AI Sense Solution, Mobile Enforcement Solution, In Bus Solution, Full-In-Color Solution, Advanced Traffic Management System and AV and LED Solutions. The ornately designed spacious PRAMA booth is showcasing vertical solutions on Retail Stores and Malls, Banks, Hotels, Education Institutes, Healthcare Facilities, Religious Places and Cultural Heritage sites. The Prama India booth was visited by some of the key representatives from the Government vertical. IFSEC India’s exhibition platform has proven its worth as a leading convergence platform for the security industry. The PRAMA booth had the key delegates from the Homeland Security and Transportation, they expressed keen interest in the PRAMA’s indigenous vertical solutions. PRAMA’s products and solutions were demonstrated at the booth to a large number of dealers, distributors, system integrators and end-users from the security industry. Prama India participated in the IFSEC India Conference on December 2, with a presentation on the theme ‘Indigenous Manufacturing Mission for a Self-Reliant India,’ it was by Vinay Mishra, Senior Vice President-Projects, Prama India Pvt. Ltd. The next day of IFSEC India conference on December 2, PRAMA had participated in a though provoking panel discussion in the pre-lunch session based on the theme ‘Tech-Enabled Disruptions & Emerging Paradigms in Corporate Security.’ Prama India was represented by Himanshu Jain, AVP-Projects, Prama India Pvt. Ltd. Prama India booth got a good response from the key partners, trade visitors and key stakeholders at the IFSEC India. The IFSEC Security Expo provided a good platform to demonstrate the latest products and solutions.  

It is a known fact that the use of cloud services across the globe has been increasing more than ever. The researchers and industry veterans see a huge adoption of cloud across organizations in the coming days. With more adoption comes more consumers and with that comes securing the data and processes of all consumers and organizations. As the cloud and its offering have been advancing so has its security. Gone are the days when organizations deployed one or two countermeasures, mostly antivirus and firewalls, for the most common security threats and thought it would help. As more and more sophisticated attacks grew these security measures were effective against only a small portion of attacks. This gave way to Multi-Layered Security Solutions. Over the past few years, multi-layered security has emerged as a strong alternative to traditional security strategies. The increased use of cloud solutions has given raise to increased cybercrimes, sophisticated attacks have been devised by cybercriminals directed at enterprises and financial institutions. The increase in cybercrimes is proportional to the increase in the advancement of technology and the below factors: Increased number of gadgets across the globe may it be for personal use or organizational use. Rise of digital platforms and online apps to make life easier is giving way to more cybercrimes. Increased financial locations, particularly at financial-services organizations traditional or e-finance, are becoming too enticing for cybercriminals to ignore. Personal IP-enabled devices such as cell phones and social media platforms including internal and external communication channels used by millions are an easy gateway to enter for cybercriminals. The entire internet ecosystem provides support for all hence also for cyber assaults. Professional criminals find ways, they plan, investigate, organize and automate attacks on specific businesses. “The whole idea of having multilayered security on the cloud is to take various security measures to protect systems against threats before they actually happen. In isolation, they may not be able to provide complete network security, but together their efficiency is enhanced which enables each level to provide an extra degree of security. The best way to prevent attackers to attack the cloud network is to have a greater number of levels or layers of security. At Technobind, our team has years of experience tackling and suggesting the right cloud services and solutions for customers” Prashanth GJ, CEO at TechnoBind As a proactive approach, multi-layered security deploys several components which form different layers of security, each of which serves a particular function to defend and safe guard operations, IT Infrastructure and services. Each layer is responsible for securing a particular region or access point from being compromised by hackers and threats. Together they operate to form a defence mechanism against multiple security breaches. The central idea behind layered security or defence is that in order to protect systems from a wide range of attacks ranging from hacking or phishing, DDoS to worms, viruses, malware and other kinds of more passive, or indirect system invasions. It has been tried and tested that using multiple strategies will be more effective. The following multi-layered cloud-based security collectively works together to defend against cybercrimes: Physical Security. Perimeter Firewall. Secure Multi-Tenancy. Per-Tenant Firewall. Host-Based Firewalls. Antivirus Update/ Patch Management. Digital Certificates. File Encryption. Backup & Replication.  

Tata Tele Business Services (TTBS), one of country’s leading enabler of B2B connectivity and cloud communication solutions will now be offering Microsoft Azure to Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs). This will enable SMBs to modernize their operations with smooth movement of business workloads to the cloud on a pay-as-you-go model and deliver better experience to their customers even as they scale faster. SMBs are increasingly realigning their business models to respond to dynamic business environments by moving their core operations to the cloud. With TTBS now offering Microsoft Azure, SMBs can look forward to predictive and agile cloud platform to install, scale, and upgrade business solutions more quickly and securely and serve across geographies with speed and innovation and that too at a great price-performance. They will also have access to new technologies like AI and advanced analytics to make better and informed business decisions. These will offer additional savings to SMBs on infrastructure and IT management costs as they will get 24×7 single window support and managed services from TTBS. “TTBS has been at the forefront of accelerating and simplifying digital transformation of businesses. With our vast network across the country and unparalleled cloud managed services, we are well entrenched to take Microsoft Azure to SMBs along with our comprehensive portfolio of solutions and offer a superior cloud infrastructure that empowers them to jumpstart their cloud journey in a secured, scalable manner and at an economical price point” Vishal Rally Sr. VP & Head – Product, Marketing and Commercial Tata Teleservices Ltd. “In today’s era, embarking on the digital transformation journey and moving to a secured cloud is a business imperative for SMBs. It helps them to be more agile for their end customers, be productive in a hybrid working environment, stay competitive and yet be more secured at a lower cost. Companies such as Tata Tele Business Services understand the requirements of SMBs and can empower them to innovate, grow, and become future-ready with Microsoft Azure,” said Samik Roy, Executive Director, Corporate, Medium and Small Business, Microsoft India. Microsoft Azure offers essential compute, storage and networking resources on demand, on a pay-as-you-go-basis. Services offered under Microsoft Azure include: On-Prem to Azure Migration. Microsoft Azure Managed Services. Public Cloud to Azure Migration. Data Center to Azure Migration. Storage as a Service. Back-Up/ DRaaS. Cloud Architecture Review & Cost Optimization. Cloud Infra Hardening. TTBS has taken several initiatives in the recent times to empower businesses with innovative and reliable solutions that help them build digital maturity and continue seamless operations in a flexible, scalable, and secured manner. The company has strengthened its portfolio of enterprise grade solutions such as Smartflo – an advanced cloud communication suite integrated with WhatsApp Business Platform, SmartOffice- a one-box startup kit with voice, data, apps, storage & much more, Ultra-Lola, Smart Internet Leased Line, SD-WAN iFLX an intelligently flexible solution (built on Fortinet’s platform) for network optimization, and a comprehensive suite of cyber security solutions.  

Tech solutions brand won the award for Most Selling Indian SSD Brand & the Fastest Growing Indian Tech Brand CONSISTENT Infosystems Pvt. Ltd. has bagged the awards for Most Selling Indian SSD Brand and The Fastest Growing Indian Tech Brand. The 14th Edition of DT Awards was held recently to honor the best tech brands in the Indian ICT industry. This product and innovation honor is one of the biggest and most prestigious recognitions in the IT industry. The virtual DT Awards 2022 recognized the countless efforts of tech brands in bringing best tech innovations and products for Indian consumers. As a technology solutions brand that has a consistent futuristic approach toward all its products and innovations, CONSISTENT has become a major market player in the security, surveillance networking, print consumables domain of the country. Founded by Nitin Bansal and Yogesh Agarwal in 2011, the brand has achieved a decade-long experience and significant market share in India. The objective of DT Awards has always remained to reward the entire IT community for their great collaboration and partnership which assist this industry in going with great pace. Directors of CONSISTENT Infosystems Pvt. Ltd., Nitin Bansal and Yogesh Agarwal collected these awards and expressed their gratitude with the promise to integrate more purpose into their working and complement the awards won. On this occasion the Directors said, “It is a moment of extreme honor for us to be recognized at this prestigious platform. It is a validation of our work and determination and we hope to continue working for the betterment of the tech sector and its stakeholders, especially the consumers.” CONSISTENT Infosystems Pvt. Ltd. has over 55 centers in India and ensures customers have easy after-sales support. Quality and service are the key parameters on which CONSISTENT has laid its foundation and remain to be of paramount importance in everything they do to provide customer satisfaction. Founded by visionary Nitin Bansal and Yogesh Agrawal with a commitment to delivering value to its customers, vendors, and CONSISTENT employees, Infosystems Private Limited has become one of the fastest-growing IT organisations with products catering to IT, Electronic & Home Entertainment Industries. Riding on its innovative approach for over a decade, CONSISTENT has grown successfully and has increased its footprint across all major states in India with 20+ branches, a team of 300+ employees, 50+ products in its portfolio, and more than 3500+ channel partners. Leadership and vision clubbed with teamwork and technological advancement in the products have made CONSISTENT a promising brand offering technologically superior products and world-class technical support. CONSISTENT has 55+ service centers across the country ensuring that customers have easy after-sales support. Quality and service are the key parameters on which CONSISTENT has laid its foundation and remain to be of paramount importance in everything they do to provide customer satisfaction.  

Commvault, a recognised global enterprise leader in intelligent data services across on-premises, cloud, and software as a service (SaaS) environment, sponsored a research which was conducted by the leading market research firm, IDC on the challenges faced by Indian organizations arising out of the massive data sprawl and storing and securing the business data in the hybrid cloud era. The IDC Spotlight, commissioned by Commvault, on Modernizing Data Management in the Hybrid Cloud Era with SaaS Data Protection, Doc #APTS7838X, May 2022, which aimed at identifying the top priorities enterprises are looking to thrive in the new normal, revealed that 71% (percent) of organizations cited data backup/data recovery as their number one priority for cloud investments for the next two years. For today’s organizations, data is the most valuable asset, and its loss can result in irreversible damage to the business – loss of efficiency and productivity, profits/revenue, brand reputation, and customers. The research revealed that Cloud-based data recovery is among the key priorities for India enterprises as it helps them effectively deal with multiple issues of traditional backup and recovery solutions such as inability to scale up or down, lack of pay-as-you-go pricing model, or absence of data storage across multiple geographic locations, to name a few. Ransomware emerged as the biggest challenge during the pandemic due to accelerated digital transformation. About 37% of organizations stated that their sensitive or secret data was exfiltrated while 53% of the respondents mentioned that ransom was paid, but 49% of organizations were still unable to access systems or data as it was blocked for a few days. The study also highlighted that 20% of organizations were forced to pay a ransom amount between US$25,001 to US$50,000. “India has been one of the worst victims of ransomware attacks in the past few years. It is imperative for business leaders to therefore invest in a right data partner who can support the organization with powerful and comprehensive multi-layered protection and provide advanced detection and rapid recovery from data breaches and security threats. The hybrid cloud era is here to stay and an advanced data management solution with SaaS data protection capabilities will be the key to a resilient future,” said Balaji Rao, Area Vice President, India and SAARC, Commvault. With organizational data volume increasing at an exponential rate, the ability to quickly recover important data is mission-critical for enterprises. The study cited that over 28% of enterprises will have multiple private and/or public cloud environments and migrate workloads and data between them by 2023. In addition, some enterprises are looking to shift their public cloud workloads to a hosted or non-cloud environment for better performance, security, availability, and control. All of this means that organizations must focus on implementing effective data resilience strategies through a comprehensive backup and recovery strategy for hybrid and multi cloud environments.  

Most organisations across verticals have already opted for and adopted the cloud. According to IBM’s report ‘State of the Multi-Cloud,’ 96% of organizations have deployed at least one public cloud environment. This change has led to the way of multi-cloud on the belief of concept that not-one-solutions-fit-all. This is true, according to IBM’s report, 60% of companies now run at least two or more public cloud environments, and 30% run three or more. This means that a majority of companies today fall into the multi-cloud category. Now that multi-cloud is in place it also raises a lot of questions on security. Some key challenges in securing web applications across hybrid environments or multi-could: Quality of security: Most cloudbased security solutions are based on a ‘negative’ security model, using static, manually defined security policies. Varying levels of protection: Maintaining the same level of protection across platforms is difficult, as each solution has different levels of security. Inconsistent security policies: Security policies between different environments are incompatible and inconsistent with each other. Point of failure: Inline WAF deployments invariably add another point of failure to the system. If they go down, all communication to the server is blocked. Increased latency: Going through third-party cloud networks, external to the public cloud environment, adds traffic hops. Tight coupling between security and delivery: Most cloud-based WAFs require tight coupling between a CDN and security, reducing operational agility and flexibility. SSL certificate sharing: Existing tools require the application’s SSL certificate, adding management overhead and violating user privacy. Fragmented logging and reporting: It’s difficult to get a view of the threats across platforms. No centralized management: Security breaks into silos with disparate management, leading to an overhead nightmare of managing multiple security tools for each platform. To overcome the challenges of multi-cloud application security, Radware’s application security architecture is specifically architected for multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments to provide comprehensive, consistent and frictionless application protection regardless of where the application is deployed and without interfering with existing business and development processes. The Radware SecurePath architecture provides several key advantages that address the challenges of multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud application protection: State-of-the-art security: Provides industry-leading application security based on advanced behaviour-based machine-learning algorithms across multiple security modules, including WAF, bot manager, API protection, level 7 DDoS protection, threat intelligence and more. Deployment flexibility: Offers multiple deployment types (either cloudbased inline or API-based out-ofpath deployment), and customers can choose whichever architecture they prefer for every application based on their preferred business or technical considerations. Wide variety of supported platforms: Provides native integrators with a variety of common cloud tools and DevOps frameworks, to enable frictionless integration into any environment. Single, centralized application security portal: Security for all applications, wherever they are, can be managed with full security protections (WAF, bot, API, and so on). For every new-age technological problem, there needs to be a new-age solution; this is where Radware SecurePath comes into the picture. Multi and hybrid cloud is here to stay and their adoption by organizations is only said to increase. Keeping this in mind, organizations need solutions like SecurePath to help handle everyday challenges.