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IceWarp Honours Women CIOs Across Industries to Celebrate International Women’s Day 2022
IceWarp, a global player in developing email communication and collaboration solutions, reached out to more than a dozen unique women tech leaders and recognized these #IronWoman for their invaluable contributions to the industry as well as women aspirants across domains. IceWarp felicitated these inspiring leaders with a token of appreciation for their determination and courage for bringing change and infusing progress into society. With this year’s #IronWoman initiative, we aim to exemplify a few influential and powerful women leaders who are performing various roles and undertaking tasks so that more and more women could get inspired and shape their future. As we have traditionally seen lesser IT women leaders, this International Women’s Day, through the #IronWoman campaign we are proud to celebrate these inspiring individuals who have made a significant mark in a man’s world while encouraging several aspiring professionals to achieve their goals and believe in realizing their dreams Anita Kukreja Head – Marketing & Channel Sales, IceWarp For the whole first week of March 2022, IceWarp showcased the achievements of selected women CIOs/ CISOs who have empowered women, encouraged unity & diversity, and enabled growth in their respective industries while balancing their professional and personal lives in the best possible manner. The revered leaders also expressed gratitude and happiness for receiving the award to IceWarp which is a true alternative for Google Workspace and MS 365. While giving thanks, these influential figures also took the opportunity to share a few words of wisdom for their fellow women professionals who aspire to join the c-suite and thrive in their careers. The chiefs felicitated through the #IronWoman initiated by IceWarp are Pooja Chatrath, Cryoviva Biotech; Jasmine Gorimar, Mahindra Group; Annie John Mathew, Mother Dairy; Falguni Desai, VFS Global; Puneet Kaur Kohli, Universal Sompo General Insurance Co. Ltd.; Ritu Madbhavi (Retd), FCB India; Meetali Sharma, SDG Corporation; Anuprita Daga, YES Bank; Dr. Lopa Mudraa Basuu, VP Cybersecurity & Technology Controls at a Leading Multinational Bank of the World; Mansi Thapar, IT Leader, and Security Expert with a leading Indian Multinational Tyre Manufacturing Company; Saloni Vijay, Vodafone Idea Ltd.; Sarbani Bhatia, Dainik Jagran; Jijy Oommen, Aavas Financiers.
All-in-One Indoor Station Product for Converged Security Solutions in Homes & Offices
Hikvision India has introduced its all-in-one indoor station product, a tablet device for converged security solutions in homes and offices. With the intelligent indoor station as the management center, users now can enjoy simple control and flexible linkage among various Hikvision devices, including video intercom, access control, intrusion alarm, IP cameras, NVRs, and more. Through the built-in Hik-Connect application, various Hikvision devices or sub-systems can be managed and monitored by the All-in-one Indoor Station. Video intercom, access control, intrusion alarm, IP cameras, NVRs and other Hikvision devices can be managed with a tap on the touchscreen, including unlocking doors, using the video intercom, video monitoring, arming or disarming an alarm system, and more. Users can also easily check the status of their devices, network, battery levels, and environmental temperature to better protect their home and office. Further, with the indoor station, events from various products and sub-systems can be linked together by setting linkage rules through Hik-ProConnect, a cloud-based device management application for installers. They can be triggered by each other to implement event linkages. Installers can easily help users to create scenarios for various event types, time schedules, and triggered actions, according to their specific scenarios. For example, an alarm system can be linked to a CCTV system to create the video verification function. The indoor station is usually fixed in place at an entrance gate or other convenient location, putting the system within easy reach. Users can complete daily operations conveniently with just a tap when entering or exiting. This video intercom indoor station works with smart phones and brings a lot of synergy. With the innovative Android based indoor station product, one can do many things while ensuring safety and security. Hikvision Video Intercom Network Indoor Station is currently available in two models – DS-KH9310-WTE1 (7-inch colorful touch screen) and DS-KH9510- WTE1 (10.1-inch colorful touch screen). The resolution is 1024×600. Both of these models have UI V2.0. They have a user friendly design. These devices are available in plug and play mode with a standard Poe switch. They can receive video call and unlocks via the client software or the mobile client remotely. It also supports connecting to Hikvision devices to build a management center. Also Read:- Prama India bags ‘Tech-SME of the Year’ Award at ASSOCHAM’s 8th MSMEs Excellence Awards
Eagle Eye Networks Targets Smart Cities, Education, Public Safety to Fuel India Expansion
Eagle Eye Networks, the global company in cloud video surveillance and artificial intelligence, recently announced its 2022 expansion plans in India will focus on the country’s tech-savvy industries, smart cities, education, and public safety. Headquartered in the U.S., with customers around the world, Eagle Eye began its expansion in India in 2021 when it acquired artificial intelligence (AI) leader Uncanny Vision, based here in Bangalore. Since that time, Eagle Eye has doubled the size of its sales staff with the goal of building a sales organization with exceptional technical knowledge, vertical experience, and deep expertise in the local market. The company is also expanding its India engineering team as part of its broader goal to increase innovation, development velocity, and the breadth of applications supported. The team will focus on product development, research and design as well as data science and machine learning. “India has a fast growing economy; its businesses see the benefits of cloud video surveillance leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to improve operations and security,” said Dean Drako, Eagle Eye Networks CEO, “Backed by a global organization, the Eagle Eye Cloud VMS (video management system) is the perfect match for India’s cities, educational institutions and growing businesses, providing an open, flexible and powerful system that will meet their current and future needs.”
IT Security Leaders Lean on External Support for Most Aspects of Threat Intelligence
Threat intelligence has become a must-have for incidents’ prevention and an important area for organizations to invest in. At the same time, this new specialty remains challenging for IT security teams because it requires constant tracking, analyzing and interpreting of large amounts of fragmented data in addition to regular re-evaluation and adjusting of appropriate skills, sources and tools. The new study, evaluating threat intelligence practices among firms with mature cyber security functions, revealed that although 83% of decision-makers recognize the crucial role of threat intelligence in building a resilient cybersecurity program and plan to invest in the area, TI remains a challenging specialty for all firms. Close to two-thirds of IT security leaders (64%) said their firm struggles to align their threat intelligence program with their risk management program, and 62% face difficulties implementing measurement procedures to track threat intelligence effectiveness. Other major concerns include improving knowledge of the threat landscape, prioritizing multiple stakeholder requirements for information, and identifying gaps in data. To tackle these challenges and improve their threat intelligence program, IT security decision-makers plan to implement a range of measures internally and leverage vendors’ offerings. Respondents believe it is more efficient to lean on external vendors for the majority of TI needs. Six in ten (61%) would put support in place for processing raw intelligence information, 60% for collecting human intelligence and 59% for integrating data feeds with other security tools. However, firms still prioritize developing in-house capabilities for choosing and aggregating data sources. The top two benefits of using vendors’ support are quicker threat detection, remediation and response (56%) and improved efficiency with automated reporting processes (52%). About half of respondents also said external solutions can reduce the number of breaches and lower associated costs. “Threat intelligence program strengthens a company’s defense, contributing to visibility over the threat landscape by providing relevant and applicable insights. Facilitating threat intelligence processing and analysis it enables companies to make timely and fully-informed decisions. However, evaluating TI services and choosing among the innumerable available market options is another challenge that confronts IT security teams,” commented Artem Karasev, Product Marketing Lead, Corporate Product Marketing at Kaspersky, “Our experience in threat research suggests that while there are virtually no criteria perfectly applicable for all organizations, the guiding principle for choosing external threat intelligence sources should be quality over quantity.” Kaspersky suggests paying special attention to the following points when evaluating external threat intelligence solutions: Information sources the vendor uses: Vendors that aggregate information from around the world can provide more visibility over actual threats and efficiently correlate fragmented activities. Capability to provide context: Contextual data helps reveal the ‘bigger picture,’ further validating and supporting the wide-ranging uses of the data. Relationship context such as domains associated with the detected IP addresses or URLs for where the file was downloaded from etc., boosts incident investigation and supports better incident ‘scoping’ by uncovering newly acquired related Indicators of Compromise in the network. Compatibility with existing solutions: An examination of vendor’s delivery methods and integrations systems ensures smooth integration of threat intelligence into existing security operations. Vendor’s experience: Proven track record of threats investigation ensures efficacy of proposed solutions. Saying that the findings of the study were not surprising at all, Dipesh Kaura, General Manager, Kaspersky South Asia, added, “Given the nature of the job, TI is a highly dynamic, highly specialized field in which greater your access to information about what is happening around the world, stronger your security systems can be. For this, it is best to rely on the experts. At Kaspersky, we have a global research team dedicated to spotting and analysing cybersecurity trends in real-time. We have a platform to share their findings with our enterprise clients and the ability to customize our offerings in response to these threats.”
iValue Partners with vArmour to Address Resiliency and Security Challenges in the Modern Enterprise
iValue InfoSolutions, India’s premium technology enabler, recently announced their partnership with vArmour, the leading provider of Application Relationship Management software. Established in 2011, organizations around the world rely on vArmour to ensure cyber resiliency and security for their hybrid enterprises, all while leveraging the technology they already own without adding costly new agents or infrastructure. “In the present ‘Hybrid Era,’ Enterprise IT estates have been expanding across traditional and evolving platforms, enabling enterprise digital readiness to effectively support their ecosystems. The outcome of this journey has resulted in complex application dependencies and cyber security challenges for digital businesses, besides widening gaps in inventory, policy alignment and regulatory adherence. vArmour’s innovative technology helps enterprises across the globe to discover & understand all application communications, compute & validate policies as per enterprise best practices and finally enforce policies with consistent controls to improve resiliency, reduce threat surface and assure compliance. I am extremely delighted to announce iValue’s partnership with vArmour to support our worthy partners and customers.” Said Mitish Chitnavis, Chief Technology Officer, iValue InfoSolutions. Being a premier enabler, iValue has endured to consistently partner with the right mix of widespread and niche technology providers to help customers in their transformational journey. iValue’s penchant to select the right partner and aid its customers with niche and trustworthy solutions has helped them grow relentlessly fostering the trust of their 6,000+ customers across verticals and 800+ global, national, regional, and local system integrators in 15+ locations across multiple continents resulting in iValue being a fastest growing technology enabler. This has made iValue the best choice for companies to market their products and solutions. Legacy infrastructure is slowly decreasing, now disruption and hybrid work culture is gaining momentum. But irrespective of the structure every organization needs a plan to be in place for management and vArmour is the ideal solution. vArmour enables organizations to discover, observe and control the complex relationships and dependencies that exist between applications, users, devices, data flows, and workloads across an IT estate, all within a single view. Its main product, the vArmour Application Controller, provides complete visibility and enterprise-wide protection to significantly decrease risk, ensure compliance and build resiliency. Sayed Shamshuddin, Regional Sales Director for Middle East and India said, “Discovering, observing, and controlling application relationships and dependencies across your entire IT estate is a vital step in ensuring continuations uptime of business applications. vArmour has pioneered the use of relationships to ensure resiliency and security in hybrid enterprises. I am excited with the strategic partnership between vArmour and iValue allowing us to serve our partners and customers in the sub-continent.”
5MP Project Series Bullet Camera: Outdoor IP cameras with persistent vision
Matrix Project Series IP cameras are designed for large enterprises, project environments, and environments where sturdy cameras are required. The bullet variant of the camera has been designed for outdoor surveillance requirements. Crafted with superior components and technologies the camera is apt for modern enterprises that are looking for superior performance and robust design. Offering Sony STARVIS series the cameras offer superior video footage in light as low as 0.01 Lux. Apart from this, image-enhancing technologies like True WDR balance the overexposed areas. Enterprise-grade technologies such as H.265 video compression and adaptive streaming ensure that resources are utilized in an optimum manner. Again, smart technologies like video analytics ensure real-time security. Besides this, the camera conforms to all the national and international standards such as CE, FCC, BIS, IP66. Key features Superior image quality. Higher field of view: 107.6°. Smart streaming and region of interest. SD card support: 512GB. Higher signal-to-noise ratio: 73dB. Motion detection, intrusion detection and tripwire.
Tata Tele Business Services Honoured with Prestigious CII Customer Obsession Awards for ‘Active Customer Engagement’
Tata Tele Business Services (TTBS), leading enabler of connectivity and cloud solutions for businesses in India has won the prestigious ‘Active Customer Engagement’ award as part of CII Customer Obsession Awards 2021, which recognises excellence through technology and innovation. CII Customer Obsession Award recognizes businesses that demonstrate the highest level of commitment towards their customers by following a ‘customer first’ approach and continuously promote customer-centric culture across their value chain. The winner is selected after comprehensive analysis of the company’s profile, leadership role and strategic focus on customer centricity and the rigorous guidelines set by CII to meet customer satisfaction. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in 2016, institutionalized ‘CII Award for Customer Obsession’ for promoting a Customer Obsession Culture among Indian Industry. The program also helps organizations to understand various elements that are critical for delivering superior customer experience across the value chain. The award program is based on the requirements of the ‘CII IQ Excellence Framework for Managing Customer Experience.’ “We are delighted to receive this prestigious award from CII. This award is an affirmation of the ‘customer centric’ culture that we bring across customer life cycle stages. An industry recognition such as this, motivates us to work harder, encourages us to anticipate customer requirements earlier and deliver superior customer experience. We are committed to bring advance digital solutions that enable our customers to be more productive, become future -ready and help them to ‘Do Big’ in their businesses” Vishal Rally Sr Vice-President, Product and Marketing, Tata Teleservices TTBS has taken several initiatives in the recent times to empower enterprises with innovative and reliable solutions as they move up the digital transformation curve. The company has strengthened its portfolio of enterprise grade solutions such as Smartflo – an advanced cloud communication suite; SmartOffice® – a one-box start-up kit with voice, data, apps and storage, SDWAN iFLX – an intelligently flexible solution (built on Fortinet’s platform) for network optimization, EZ Cloud Connect – a dedicated private network gateway to public clouds, Ultra-Lola, Smart Internet leased line with builtin security and manageability, collaboration solutions, IoT solutions, cloud applications, and a comprehensive suite of cyber security solutions across industries. It has also partnered with Zoom Video Communications, Inc. to offer world-class unified communication solutions to enterprises. All these solutions appropriately address the needs arising out of a distributed and remote working environment and enable customers to maintain business continuity in a flexible, scalable, and secure manner.
IceWarp Awarded with the: CIO CHOICE 2022 HONOR
IceWarp, an all-in-one email and collaboration platform, has been conferred with the CIO CHOICE 2022 Honor and recognition as the ‘Most Trusted Brand’ by CIOs in the Enterprise Email category by hundreds of CIOs and CXOs of the industry. This prestigious recognition was presented at an exclusive virtual felicitation ceremony, CIO CHOICE 2022 Red Carpet Night, All Online, produced by CORE Media. The CIO community recognized IceWarp’s capabilities to provide solutions as per industry standards and requirements for SMEs as well as large enterprises across geographies and also appreciate the company’s continuous efforts to innovate its technology. The recognition also establishes as a testimonial to IceWarp’s unique offerings such as customization, flexibility & support that it offers to the customers which creates value for the CIOs. Speaking on the occasion, Pramod Sharda – CEO, IceWarp India & Middle East said, “Another year of being recognized as the best in enterprise email category by the esteemed jury members and thousands of CIOs is truly an honor and a very proud moment for us at IceWarp. We strive to build innovative, seamlessly integrated, and affordable solutions for companies of all sizes and feel even more motivated when prestigious platforms like CIO Choice Awards acknowledge our efforts and reward them. The recognition is testimony to our continuing success as Enterprise Email providers and we are grateful for it.” Anoop Mathur, Founder & President, CORE Media, during the virtual celebration said, “We congratulate IceWarp for being recognized with the CIO CHOICE 2022 title. This honor truly reflects the brand’s commitment to providing the right set of products, services, and experiences to its enterprise customers. The fact that India’s CIOs and Digital Leaders have placed their trust in IceWarp in the current digital economy landscape and changing consumer behavior, is indeed a great achievement. At a time when technology fuels business growth, we believe that the CIO Choice recognition shines the spotlight on the true pioneers like IceWarp.” Now in its 10th year, CIO CHOICE is the coveted premium recognition platform that recognizes ICT brands for their innovation and excellence in their product/ service offerings, customer centricity, and delivery. CIO CHOICE winning brands are chosen based on a unique pan-India voting program. In one of the largest & only online voting platforms, CIOs and ICT leaders nominate and vote for their most trusted and preferred brands, based on their own first-hand experience and top-of-the-mind recall. A distinguished advisory panel, comprising of seasoned CIOs from across industry verticals, guides the entire process, along with KPMG as the knowledge partner.
GajShield Infotech Adds GS15nu V2 & GS20nu V2, the Two New SKU’s to their SOHO Segment Range
GajShield Infotech is a global cybersecurity company that is committed to combatting cyber threats while upholding the highest standards of professional integrity and transparency. The distinguished Data Security Firewall solution provider has recently introduced new SKU’s – GS15nu V2 & GS20nu V2 to its ‘NU series.’ Added with an aim to provide an amplified performance, better data understanding, deeper data visibility and a broader threat surface manageability, the new product lines will offer users with an enhanced experience. Featuring a context-based data security approach which allows for greater control over data transaction and prevents data exploitation, the SKU’s are ICSA Labs certified and offer enterprises, state-of-the-art security services. GajShield’s GS15nu V2 & GS20nu V2 SKU’s are context aware Data Security Firewalls that have been designed to sit right at the gateway, facilitating users to secure their enterprise beyond just the network. Other advanced security features that lend these firewalls a significant advantage include Data Security Health, Data Leak Prevention, On Appliance reporting, Complete Visibility, Firewall, Application Filtering, BYOD Policy, Network behavior analysis, Policy based ISP, Load Balancing and Bandwidth Management. The data security firewall specifications ensuring a high-quality customer experience include, Ethernet Interfaces, Concurrent sessions, new sessions per second, firewall, VPN, NGFW, Antivirus, IPS and Firewall IMIX throughput, VPN Tunnels, Configurable WAN/ LAN/ DMZ ports, ICSA Labs Certified and High Availability (HA) to name a few. These firewalls have been segregated to follow four security approaches namely, Application Identification Engine, Advanced Contextual data Classification, Visibility and Data Aware Policy and to identify Policy Violation and Protection. Primarily the Application Identification Engine categorizes the application in use, secondly, it breaks down the packet into multiple data points using Advanced Contextual Data Classification Engine, thirdly it checks and applies granular data security policies on the packet and lastly, it takes appropriate action on the packet to prevent data exploitation. Additionally, the two SKU’s support High Availability with Active-Active and Active-Passive HA and can also be easily managed making use of GajShield’s Centralised Firewall Management System. Sonit Jain, CEO – GajShield Infotech said, “GajShield’s GS15nu V2 & GS20nu V2 SKU’s will add more value to the existing innovative solutions that Gajshield Infotech has on offer. The two new SKU’s are a leap ahead of the last generation firewall with its Data First security approach. Powered by GajOS Bulwark and backed by Contextual Intelligence Engine for a deeper data level visibility, the Data Security Firewall is a powerful and robust platform with a gamut of security solutions to aid in securing data and the organization’s network. The Data security firewall is a self-learning, smart security solution that learns various data patterns and user behavior to detect anomalies and threats, both intentional and unintentional.”
Exterro to Highlight Need for CyberResilience, Digital Forensics in India in Roadshow Organized by Credence Security
Exterro Inc., the industry’s first provider of Legal GRC software, which unifies e-discovery, digital forensics, cyber security, compliance and privacy to drive successful, defensible outcomes for in-house legal, IT teams, privacy and law enforcement worldwide, today announced its participation in the most sought-after roadshow organized by its channel partner Credence Security. The roadshow will be held between March 7 and 9 in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad. Focusing on the theme, ‘Working Together Towards a Cyber-Resilient Tomorrow,’ the roadshow will have pre-eminent technology experts, vendors, and speakers discuss the latest trends, resilient strategies and innovations in the cybersecurity and digital forensics landscape, and security strategies that will help organizations stay protected in a digital-first era. In this year’s roadshow, Exterro will have its Vice President Global Talent Management and Chief Data Scientist, Dr Kavitha Thangasami discuss the company’s success since the acquisition of AccessData, as well as the operations in India. Shashidhar Angadi, Chief Technology Officer at Exterro will also discuss the future of digital forensics and Legal GRC in India and how organizations can leverage technology to future proof their initiatives. Over the last six years, the roadshow has been the platform of choice for digital forensics and security experts across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia markets to take a close look at the constantly evolving threat landscape. In 2022, the roadshow is expected to showcase the tools and an extensive knowledge base for organizations in India – both public and private – to improve incident response times and reduce the cost and complexity in investigating breaches. Credence Security’s vendors including Exterro will shed light on how their latest offerings help ease cybersecurity concerns and enable organizations to focus on core business operations. The discussions aim to get Indian organizations to rethink their security approaches. With one-on-one networking opportunities, attendees will have a chance to catch up with industry peers in a safe meeting setting. The discussion sessions at the event are classified into four tracks – Digital Forensics and Incident Response; Data Security and Governance; Continuous Adaptive Risk Assessment, and Trust Assessment and Identity, Payments and Digital Security. Experts in these areas will have presentations along with real-life use cases, and advise on technology tracks that will provide a deeper understanding of the cybersecurity challenges facing business and the government in India. The global cybersecurity market is expected to grow to US$345.4 billion by 2026, which is more than 58.5 percent from US$217.9 billion in 2021. At the same time, the global digital forensics market is expected to register a growth at a CAGR of 11%. The massive use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices coupled with factors such as stringent government regulations and the steady rise in cybercrimes on enterprises and critical infrastructure is expected to drive the demand for digital forensics software in India. Exterro’s biggest global Partner, Credence Security, is its distributor for India and South-Asia, Middle East and Africa. With over 3,000 customers worldwide, India has the largest customer base for Exterro after the US and an important market. Located strategically, operations in India will help the company grow in other markets, including China, Western Asia and Africa. “In India, particularly, the lack of awareness of regulations, delay in implementation of privacy laws has created confusion among organizations. Exterro is looking to help create awareness and provide solutions to these future problems, today well before PDPB comes into effect,” said Rajkumar Manickam, Sales Director South Asia at Exterro, “The discussions will also help organizations understand how technology is helping organizations manage regulatory and compliance requirements, allowing organizations to focus on the ever increasing cyberattacks, especially in a post-COVID-19 world. Probing cybercrimes can be doubly daunting and digital forensics is revolutionizing investigations. Cybersecurity and digital forensics go hand in hand and the roadshow will help Indian organizations understand the existing risks, formulate stronger security and investigation strategies and up incident response times.” Commenting on the launch of the roadshow, Garreth Scott, Managing Director, Credence Security said, “Threat actors are increasingly becoming more creative and sophisticated in their attack methods. Distributed work environments and increased digitization agendas have further expanded the threat landscape and exposed new vulnerabilities. With an eye towards building a cyber-resilient tomorrow, Credence Security and its partners are constantly looking closely at the impact that digital transformation has on security, privacy, and overall trust. “A strong and resilient cybersecurity strategy that is regularly reviewed and updated is the need of the hour. Businesses must arm themselves with robust technologies and be on top of market developments to effectively safeguard their operations. We are excited to launch the 2022 edition of our annual security roadshow as it will be an important platform to help our attendees strengthen their security postures and ensure business continuity.”