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Though vulnerability threats grab more and more attention, there are not as many concrete solutions. Dataquest decided to add a few more definitive answers to security issues in the kitty of CIOs struggling with the challenges. In association with Websense, Dataquest organized a panel discussion across three cities (Mumbai, Delhi, and Bangalore) as an attempt to analyze the security scenario prevalent in the country and the urgent steps required to make Internet business more secure.

Mumbai
Taking the Lead
The first leg of the three-city event was held in Mumbai on November 11, 2008 at the Hotel Grand Hyatt. The highlight of the event was the panel discussionon Securing Internet Business: A New Approach, where CIOs and CISOs from some prominent organizations in India spoke of the need for data and information security within their organizations and the challenges faced by them while deploying Web security measures in the present Web 2.0 scenario.

Ibrahim Ahmad, group editor, Dataquest; Geoff Haggart, sr VP, EMEA & APAC, Websense; Hariharan, sr VP, i-Flex Solutions; Ketan Shah, CIO, Angel Broking; SK Sehgal, GM, IT, State Bank of India; Vishal Salvi, CISO, HDFC Bank; Nadeem Quereshi, CISO, Tata Motors; and Anwer Bagdadi, CTO, Countrywide Financial Services discuss in Mumbai the challenges faced by enterprises in deploying Web security

Ibrahim Ahmed, group editor, ICT publications, Cybermedia set the tone for the evening by highlighting how data security is gaining center-stage with the increasing instances of internal and external threats that enterprises face.

This was followed by an insightful presentation by Kaustubh Dhavse, deputy director, ICT Consulting, Asia Pacific and Middle East, Frost & Sullivan ondata protection in the Web 2.0 world. Kaustubh spoke of howinformation securitywill become one of the key enablers and drivers in the years to come primarily because of the movement towards the Internet enabled platforms. He highlighted thatthe widely used perimeter-based security systems are not going to help in the highly complex Web 2.0 scenario. Emphasizing on the need fora better threat reporting structure within organizations, he said thatthe true extent of cyber crime in India is due to the lack of the reporting structure.

The next session was delivered by Geoff Haggart,senior vice president, EMEA and APAC, Websense, where he introduced Websense and its products and services to the audience. He pointed out that enterprises need to put in place an end-to-end security solution that can provide Web, messaging, and data security.

Nextin line wasthe much-awaited panel discussion. The panel comprised a healthy mix of CIOs from the BFSI domain as well as the software andmanufacturing verticalssuch asSK Sehgal, GM, IT, State Bank of India; Vishal Salvi, CISO, HDFC Bank; Anwer Bagdadi, CTO, Countrywide Financial Services; Hariharan, sr VP, i-Flex Solutions; Nadeem Quereshi, CISO, Tata Motors; and Ketan Shah, CIO, AngelBroking.

The Mumbai audience reiterated the need for selecting the right security vendor and the appropriate security tools

Elaborating more on the need to create internal awareness, Nadeem Quereshi of Tata Motors explained that a companyfirst needs to be aware of what information it has in the first place and then determine what information needs to be classified which makes it easier to create awareness. According to Vishal Salvi of HDFC Bank, the single point agenda would be to maintain the trust of the customer, which iscritical to businesses in the BFSI domain.

Giving a different perspective, Ketan Shah, the CIO of Angel Broking said that apart from awareness and technology tools there is a need to put in place robust policies and procedures.

Further, the panelists discussed the challenges faced in deploying Web security the need for enterprises to identify the right securityvendor and selecttools that align with their processes came out as the strongest point before the floor was thrown open for questions.

New Delhi
Quantum Leaps in Right Directions
The event in Delhi, hosted at Shangri-la Hotel, saw imminent panelists from all sectors like Amrit Sethi, DGM-Information Security, IBM India; Atul Kumar, AGM, IT, Syndicate Bank; Kawaljeet Singh Bhogal, security manager, LG Electronics; Umesh Gupta, chief, One Airtel IT Operations; Col Ramesh Wahi, CIO, House of Pearl Fashion; and Athar Haque, president, technology consultant, eHealth-care Foundation. The audience turnout was far more than expected.

Amrit Sethi, DGM, IS, IBM India; Kaustabh Dhavase, deputy director, ICT Consulting, Frost & Sullivan; Kawaljeet Singh Bhogal, security manager, LG Electronics; Umesh Gupta, chief, IT operations, One Airtel; Atul Kumar, AGM, IT, Syndicate Bank; Geoff Haggart, sr VP, EMEA & APAC, Websense; Athar Haque, president, technology consultant, eHealth-Care Foundation; and Col Ramesh Wahi, CIO, House of Pearl Fashion concluded in Delhi that an ideal security policy should integrate people, processes and technologies

The evening started with a speech by Kaustubh Dhavse of Frost & Sullivan. Dhavse emphasized on the changing nature of the security threats and explained how vulnerability has taken a quantum leap in the organizational setup. The speech was followed by an address by Geoff Haggart of Websense, who elucidated upon the various Websense products that can better equip organizations to tackle their security challenges.

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