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Bolstering Channel Partner Program in India To Meet Increased Customer Demand for Privileged Account Security
New distribution partners Inflow Technologies and M.Tech to expand customer access to CyberArk security solution CyberArk, the company that protects organisations from cyber attacks has recently announced new CyberArk Channel Partner Program offerings to enhance partners’ privileged account security expertise and ability to drive new business opportunities in India. In addition, newly-announced distribution partners Inflow Technologies and M.Tech will bolster channel support. The channel plays a critical role in delivering CyberArk’s best-in-class privileged account security solutions to joint customers, for raising awareness and triggering new business across the region, including key vertical industries such as financial services, energy and healthcare. “As one of the largest, fastest growing markets in the world, and with high technology adoption, India is a country with tremendous potential for CyberArk,” said Rohan Vaidya, regional director, India, CyberArk, “The scale and scope of attacks on the most valuable data within organisations means cyber security is an increasingly important board-level issue. CyberArk’s ability to break the cycle of cyber attacks by delivering a critical layer of security will enable businesses across India to implement proactive security strategies.” CyberArk enables access to new training and certification programs New CyberArk Channel Partner Program offerings include: CyberArk University – New technical certification, expanded course offerings: CyberArk is expanding its Global Certification Program for sales and technical learning, recently adding a new CyberArk Certified Delivery Engineer (CDE) option. CyberArk DNA – Data-driven insight to increase deal impact: Partners using the CyberArk discovery and audit (DNA) tool can generate comprehensive reports for customers and prospects identifying privileged accounts on the network as well as privileged passwords – including hard-coded passwords in applications and scripts – and their status in terms of policy compliance. Partner Portal: All CyberArk partners can register for user access to the CyberArk partner portal. With a wealth of resources and training to support partners in selling CyberArk solutions, the Partner Portal also incorporates competitive financial rewards such as deal registration, for the CyberArk partner community. New distribution partners announced CyberArk also welcomes two additional distribution partners, bolstering coverage and support for channel partners and their customers in India. Inflow Technologies and M.Tech join iValue to enhance CyberArk’s distribution structure in India. “CyberArk’s approach to helping secure the network allows customers to get ahead of attacks and prevent escalation before real damage is done, instead of wasting cycles constantly reacting to cyber threats,” said Rajesh Kumar, business head, Inflow Technologies, “With this relationship, our channel partners will now be able to offer CyberArk solutions to their customers. We are optimistic about the opportunities that this partnership brings in and we shall focus on partner’s enablement and reach, ensuring that the benefits of the CyberArk privileged account security solution are accessible to customers across key regions.” “M.Tech is excited to be a distribution partner of CyberArk in India. CyberArk’s technology has significant demand in India across all industries, primarily in the financial services, energy, retail and healthcare markets,” said Bhavin Bhatt, Regional Director, M.Tech, “Partnering with CyberArk means M.Tech is one step closer to completing the entire IT security stack. With the cutting-edge technology of CyberArk and the expertise and reach of M.Tech, this partnership will solve key security pain points for our joint customers.” CyberArk partner program momentum CyberArk works with more than 300 channel partners around the world and continues to make investments in deepening partner relationships. The company is increasing collaboration with advisory firms, systems integrators and value added resellers around the world and across key vertical markets such as healthcare and government. Additionally, the C3 Alliance, CyberArk’s global technology partner program is a strong differentiator that provides the channel with greater access to integrated technology solutions. The C3 Alliance delivers certified technology integrations between CyberArk and alliance member products that make it easier for channel partners and customers to extend the power of privileged account security across their organisation and enhance their overall security posture.
Netmagic Partners with Nutanix Offering Managed Enterprise Cloud Services
Nutanix, a leading enterprise cloud computing company has recently announced its partnership with Netmagic, a subsidiary of NTT Communications and a leading managed service provider in India. This partnership will enable Netmagic to offer private cloud services built upon the Nutanix enterprise cloud platform to customers who either run their own datacenters or using Netmagic’s dedicated datacenters based in India. Along with other recent partnerships, Nuatnix has extended its reach exponentially across India, and is now placed to support the extensive digital transformation currently underway in the country. The Nutanix enterprise cloud platform goes beyond hyper-converged infrastructure and offers lower total cost of ownership (TCO), near limitless scalability, faster time to value and small footprint. It allows customers to deploy applications faster and scale rapidly as they grow. In addition, this partnership will enhance the security, scalability, reliability and flexibility for enterprises and provide them a tailor-made solution without compromising on the control of their IT infrastructure. The entire private hosted cloud service by Netmagic will be built on the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform. Netmagic provides a well-structured approach to private cloud design and development. It takes into consideration the immediate as well as future business needs to scale-up through hybrid IT or virtual private cloud environments. Once on the Nutanix Enterprise Platform, Netmagic will be able to deliver higher return on investment (ROI) within the existing infrastructure. “Netmagic’s deep understanding of the local market, supreme reach and strong client base combined with our technological backbone offers a robust and secure private cloud solution to enterprises,” said Sunil Mahale, VP and MD of Nutanix India, “We are confident that this partnership will enable both companies to continue to grow within the FSI and e-commerce verticals in India, and to expand into more untapped markets.” “We are pleased to partner with Nutanix to further leverage our infrastructure and domain expertise with their leading Enterprise cloud platform. This business alliance enables us with our continued efforts in maintaining our delivery excellence and value proposition,” added Sharad Sanghi, Managing Director and CEO at Netmagic, “This enhanced service offering consolidates our leadership position in the Cloud industry.”
G4S Supports the Constitution Day of Denmark Celebration
Danish Embassy Celebrated the Constitution Day of Denmark in association with G4S The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark, Peter Taksoe-Jensen has recently hosted an evening of festivity to celebrate the Constitution day of Denmark in New Delhi, supported by G4S. The event was attended by the British High Commissioner to India, Sir Dominic Asquith; Swedish Ambassador, Harald Sandberg; European Union Ambassador, Tomasz Kozlowski, and CEOs of Danish companies. Rajeev Sharma, MD, G4S said, “We at G4S take a great pride in connecting with the Constitution Day celebration of Denmark. I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of G4S to wish the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark a long and meaningful association with India.” “Our Group, G4S, has its origin in Denmark. In fact, G4S has a secondary stock exchange listing in Copenhagen. We have had a long and meaningful association with the country and we look forward for a more mutual and beneficial association between the two countries,” said Rupan Sidhu, Director, Corporate Affairs, G4S Peter Taksoe-Jensen, the Danish Ambassador to India and host of the evening said in his welcomed note, “It’s a great pleasure to be in India. It has a great potential to grow due to its’ dynamic culture.” The Ambassador also thanked G4S for its support. The day is observed to honor the anniversary of the signing of the Danish constitution of 1849 by Frederik IV. Known to Danes as ‘Grundlovsdag’, or Independence Day, it marks the establishment of Denmark as a constitutional power. (L to R) Peter Taksoe-Jensen and Rajeev Sharma
‘5 City SME Connect’ Schneider Electric IT Division Kicks it off from Ahmedabad
Special emphasis was on trusting oneself and adopting modular approach while pursuing the journey of transformation Schneider Electric 5 City SME Connect kicked off from Ahmedabad. The other four cities include Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Delhi that will be covered in the next two months. The highlight of the event is to interpret SMEs’ technology challenges and mitigate those challenges with a systematic approach. Everyone knows that SMEs are handicapped owing to a limited set of resources and skill sets; therefore there must be right architectural strategy and practice to mitigate those challenges. Power, cooling, racking and stacking that are never taken seriously in an IT discussion are very important for the SMEs. Amod Ranade, General Manager, Datacentre Business Development, IT Division, Schneider Electric emphasized on micro-datacentres and said that Edge networks are going to stay while the transition happens from the datacentre centric approach to the cloud-centric approach. He also said that the IT Managers and CIOs should create self-belief within themselves to create any strategy for the company. Rahil Patel, General Manager & CIO of Kalupur Commercial Co-operative Bank Ltd., Paresh Goswami, IT Head, Chiripal Poly Films Ltd., and B. Praveen Kumar, Head, Information Systems & Security, Ascendum KPS Private Limited enumerated their own experiences in the transformation process and advised the audience to take steps quickly because the time and technology are disruptive. Amit Dave, Director, Microlink Solutions Pvt. Ltd., expressed his happiness about the positive attitude of the small and medium organizations and said that these organizations are quite receptive to new ideas, therefore they are not small and medium organizations rather ‘smart and motivated enterprises.’ Sanjay Mohapatra, Editor, SME Channels said that the SMEs are becoming the lifeline for any country and for India, it is no exception. With ‘make in India’ in place, SMEs’ role is becoming very important. Besides, the government has already said that 20% of government and PSU’s procurement would happen from the SME sector. Therefore, it is important for small and mid-size organizations to adopt new technologies so that they can remain more relevant to the market. APC by Schneider Electric, the leading global brand for integrated IT physical infrastructure and software, provides reliable power and availability solutions for IT and communications technologies. With the largest community of partners tailoring solutions for home and business networks, APC products enable individuals and businesses to anticipate the unexpected, protecting critical information and data. It’s certainly in a connected world. APC is a brand of Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and industrial automation.
India’s Budding Cyber Policies
India is at a nascent stage in deploying cyber intelligence related policies, and measures to curb targeted attacks While India is ushering in a new era in the digital segment, with an aggressive promotion of cashless payments, digitized documents, M-wallets, smart cities etc., the country may still be significantly lacking in cyber security policies and techniques to tackle any major targeted attack. The recent attacks of WannaCry Ransomware are just one of the many that is a clear indication of how vulnerable the globe is when it comes to cyber intrusions. “While India is spearheading the growth in the digital segment across the globe, an absence of strong policies and a clear vision to curb the forthcoming attacks may prove to be a ticking time bomb,” says Marc Kahlberg, CEO and MD, Vital Intelligence Group. The situation could become alarming if central and state governments deploy technologies and encourage many of their mission critical departments to go online with no significant cyber security measures in place. Regulating cyberspace would prove to be a knee jerk reaction in tackling cybercrimes and terrorism, making it further difficult for intelligence agencies to maintain a constant vigil across the depths of cyber space and take proactive action where required. “’By regulating cyber space, freedoms of speech will cease to exist, available information will become less and much harder to obtain, and quite possibly, the advancements of certain technology would be either forced underground or would slowly disappear. There are also elements of information that can be attained by allowing the social media platforms to operate, and hence give law enforcement and intelligence agencies actionable intelligence as to what is really happening and in real time. This, however, would require investment, training and indeed acceptance of the fact that the best form of defense in this sphere is a proactive investigative approach,” added Kahlberg. The Vital Intelligence Group platform of technologies incorporates a host of different cyber intelligence solutions including a possible world first FUSION-KEY intelligence software that collects, fuses, manages and supports intelligence mission-enabling command, control, communications, surveillance, intelligence collection and location capabilities, all via advanced engineering and processes of the highest levels. The Vital Intelligence Group is focused on empowering their clients with vital intelligence. They assist in making significantly better cyber risk and security related decisions by providing the most insightful, actionable cyber intelligence available. Vital Intelligence Group is the leading global provider of cyber Intelligence solutions, headquartered in Israel. “While the country has witnessed an exponential growth in digitization in recent years, a major lag in the formulation of new age cyber intelligence and security policies, as well as an adoption of pro-active self-defensive capabilities may be proving to be a ticking time bomb for the country.” – Marc Kahlberg, CEO and MD, Vital Intelligence Group
Centralized Video Surveillance
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Securens Forays into Warehousing
The E-surveillance service provider having its market leadership in ATM and banking security, spreads its footprints in Warehousing and Logistics industry Securens System has expanded its services in logistics and warehousing with its specially designed solutions. With its award winning state-of-the-art central monitoring station, Securens monitors premises of the leading banks, top retail stores, and popular QSRs. Securens have now spread its reach in warehousing with it’s specially designed products ACTIHEALTH, ACTICARE, & ACTIDETER. Warehouses by their very nature are located in remote areas and are ever prone to burglary and shrinkages. Man guarding is an unreliable, inefficient and expensive solution to secure premises. Securens 5th generation e-Surveillance solutions with active deterrence monitors the premises 24/7 that not only improves efficiency considerably but also reduces the cost substantially. ACTIHEALTH aids in the supply, installation and commissioning of all surveillance equipment on a PAN India basis and provides comprehensive AMC along with ACTICARE service on a SaaS (Surveillance as a Service) based model. ACTICARE takes preventive measures through regular health-checks, which ensure that your surveillance equipment works exceptionally well so that they prove to be of great help during the time of forensic analysis of a crime. ACTIDETER is a time proven system that guarantees results. It not only detects attempted crime, but proactively prevents it from happening, by using video verification and 2-way audio. Sunil Udupa, Chairman and Managing Director of Securens Systems, said, “Warehousing plays a vital role as far as the supply chain is concerned. It acts as the backbone of the supply chain. Our aim is to provide value added 360-degree surveillance solution to our customers on a SaaS model to help them not only efficiently detect shrinkages but also help them reduce costs in this competitive market space.” Securens has the largest network of surveillance systems spread across the country. Popularly known as the Central Alarm Monitoring Station (CAMS), the technologically advanced control room is built on highly redundant and fail-safe architecture known for preventing crime before it happen. The CAMS monitors more than 21,000 sites 24/7across India and houses over 100 monitoring personnel.
CAPSI Launches Rakshak Awas Yojna (RAY)
Private Security Sector employs over 70 lakh individuals who are the source of livelihood, support and security for over 2 crores 80 lakhs dependents. Almost all security guards belong to economically weaker section (EWS) of the society and often live in slums and destitute due to their very low wages. The security guards who are ever ready to safeguard all, are themselves constrained to live in the most insecure environment. They are deprived of even their bare fundamentals of life including the basic civic infrastructure, social amenities and decent shelters; albeit they deserve them the most. The recent up gradation of the status of the security guard from an ‘unskilled person’ to a ‘skilled worker’ has brought tremendous motivation, and pride in the profession of guarding in terms of remuneration and standing. The skill ecosystem and policy interventions by the Government have made a holistic impact on the security workforce by empowering them to break through the poverty trap successfully. Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI) launches affordable housing for these security guards under ‘Rakshak Awas Yojana (RAY)’ – offering home for every security personnel under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. CAPSI through its State Chapters has announced to form co-operative societies in multiple metros/ cities by availing the benefits under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna for constructing houses through public-private partnership (PPP). In the endeavor to provide shelter to every security person, an MOU has been signed with Golden Gate Projects, a Bangalore-based company, and CNTC India Company Limited for multiple housing projects – first one to start with the construction of 5000 dwelling units at Mysore, which would also act as a pilot project to assess the demand for these ventures. “We are hopeful of getting the good response from prospective buyers since the houses will be priced competitively compared to private ventures. Moreover, our guards can avail government subsidy under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana with an easy pay back scheme through monthly installments,” said Mahesh Sharma, General Secretary, CAPSI. V.V. Katti, President of CAPSI expressed his happiness for the pilot project being initiated at Mysore in Karnataka State. He intimated that the delegation of Karnataka chapter of CAPSI will meet Mr. Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister of Karnataka, and request him to launch similar housing projects near Bengaluru and other towns in the state so that security guards may able to get affordable houses to live. “Being first responders, a concentration of security guards in a single location of living will ensure their instant availability to deal with any national disaster situations and other unforeseen internal security emergencies. Moreover, this project will have a far reaching socio-economic impact on our national agenda of sustainable growth and poverty alleviation.” – Kunwar Vikram Singh Chairman, CAPSI
MHA to Launch Portal
To Manage Private Security Agencies The Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI, has recently developed a platform to manage licensing, training and compliance verticals of the Private Security Agencies Regulation Act (PSARA). The Act was enacted in 2007 to regulate the functioning of the private security agencies. Passed as Federal Legislation, it was sent to all State Governments to follow the model rules, and develop a mechanism to constitute state controlling authorities to commence licensing processes on the guidelines enumerated in the PSARA by the Central Government. Most of the State Governments delegated controlling powers to their state police departments and appointed their IGPs as State Controlling Authorities. The private security industry has been facing some functional difficulties due to non-clarity on various aspects of the legislation. Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI), an apex association of the PSI has been representing to MHA to streamline the regulation processes so that the private security agencies could render services to their clients more efficiently, and also comply with the PSARA provisions. The Joint Secretary (Police Modernization), Department of MHA was made nodal officer to coordinate with the state controlling authorities for effective implementation of the legislation. Training of the security guards, police verification, and functional compliance were a few areas which could not be managed due to the lack of coordination among various state controlling authorities. T.V.N.S. Prasad, Joint Secretary (PM) convened a meeting of all state controlling Authorities (SCAs) of PSARA at Jaisalmer House on May 26, 2017, in which a portal was shown to the participants. Through this portal, each SCA will be able to monitor the compliance of the provisions of the PSARA by licensed private security agencies. Application for the PSARA license is provisioned to be received online through this portal and processed by the SCAs. Police verification of the directors/ partners will be conducted by concerned police station though their computerized networks. Details of all security guards and supervisors, their police verification, training, and wages shall also be managed through this portal. The renewal of licenses which is a major gray area shall also be addressed by sending prior notices to the PSI so that timely action can be taken. The portal is developed by the Chandigarh Police and was highly appreciated by all participants during the meeting. It was also decided that security training centers which are duly approved by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) will be the authorized training providers. This decision ends the long-standing ambiguity about training providers which was causing a major problem to the PSAs. The working group which was constituted to make recommendations for the functioning of the security companies engaged in the Cash-in-Transit business also presented its report at the forum. The report was approved under which specifications for the fabrication of cash carrying vehicles have been defined to endure total security of the cash and valuables. It was also clarified that only companies having a valid license under PSARA will be permitted to carry out the business of CIT. The MHA has also decided to launch a public awareness campaign to highlight the PSARA to seek public support to create a safe and secure environment in the country. Mamta Singh IPS, IGP Haryana presented her report on the implementation of PSARA. The report was accepted by the committee. Kunwar Vikram Singh, Chairman of the Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI) along with Anil Puri, Vice President, and Mahesh Sharma, Secretary-General also participated in the discussions. Maj. Gen. K Majumdar, COO of the Security Sector Skill Development Council, raised the issue of certified security guards being trained by NSDC approved training partners. Rituraj Sinha, Vice President, Security Committee of FICCI, along with Manjari Jaruhar, former DG, CISF assured support to the initiative taken by the MHA.
UBM India Announces 3rd Edition of Security & Fire Expo
UBM India is all set to bring in the third edition of ‘Security and Fire Expo (SAFE) – South India’. Slated for 29 June to 1 July 2017 at the Chennai Trade Centre, the expo aims to bring together over 70 renowned Indian and international brands from surveillance, entrance and home automation industry. Consultants, business experts, and key government officials from the industry are to congregate, interact, network, view the latest innovations, source business solutions and gather invaluable expert support, all under one roof. The Electronic Security Association of India (ESAI) and Asian Professional Security Association (APSA) support the expo. Revenue spends on security is predicted to continuously grow in 2017 and is projected to reach $1.24 billion. As such, the dire need for upgraded security solutions has prompted spends on security services, which includes consulting, implementation, support and managed security services, to be higher than ever before. The security services revenue accounted for 61 percent of total revenue spends in the last couple of years, and this proportion will increase to 66 percent by 2020. With a special focus on the key South India market, SAFE 2017 will provide an opportunity for visitors to learn about the latest technology and industry trends and discover the best solutions to keep their business and clients secured. SAFE displays products like CCTV & video surveillance, biometrics & RFID, integrated systems, access control, cyber security, physical security, perimeter protection, fire detection systems, intruder alarms and fire alarms and so on. Yogesh Mudras, Managing Director, UBM India said, “Today, governments all over the globe are unanimous on the need to provide a safe environment to their citizens. This has opened up a huge market, setting the stage for fierce competition amongst the leading players in the security industry. Several organizations globally and in India, are now realizing the vital need to refurbish their security strategy and discuss cutting-edge technologies to monitor as well as surmount accidents. Similarly, the demand for video surveillance in India has grown not only in corporate houses but also risen sharply among the RWAs and security agencies. Security systems like access control, biometrics, alarm systems, transport security, home automation, perimeter security and metal detectors are constantly being upgraded. They and have immense potential to secure lives.” He added, “With South India being such an important business hub for commercial and homeland security in India, UBM India with SAFE-South India 2017 intends to offer market-entry and business opportunities to the growing market in this region while strengthening the supply chain cycle of the industry.” The expo will also be a launch pad for leading security companies to introduce their products and establish relationships with key decision-makers. The congregation will see professionals from across the industry including security and safety managers from hospitality, IT/ BPO & service industry, real estate, port authorities, power plants, logistics, construction, architecture, automobile, manufacturing, industrial, retail, jewellery, health, education, it, networking, telecoms, automation, BFSI etc. In its third year, SAFE India has grown in size and depth and attracts industry leaders and key exhibitors including our Premier Plus Partners eSSL, Hikvision, Mark Electronics, GPS, UNICAM Systems and TVT; our Premier Partners In4 Solutions, Road Point India, Starex, Orbit and ZKT Eco. Other key participants at the expo include Vamosys, Hash Control, Swipe Technologies, Spectra, Main Hardware, Vitaran, Matrix Comsec, Mantra, ERD, TS Infosystems, Commnet, Swaraj Secutech, Pictor, Copper Connections, WYSE, Green Field, Supreme Computers, Micro & Super Micro.