Microsoft launches Cybersecurity Engagement Centre in India
After a successful year-long pilot, Microsoft India launched its first full-scale Cybersecurity Engagement Centre (CSEC) in the country on Friday. Situated in Delhi, this first-of-its-kind centre in India will bring together Microsoft capabilities to foster deeper cybersecurity collaborations with public and private sector organisations and build a trusted and secure computing environment, a critical enabler for India’s digital transformation. This is Microsoft’s seventh Cybersecurity Centre in the world and will function as a satellite to the company’s Redmond Digital Crimes Unit (DCU). The company has also rolled out a nationwide campaign to raise awareness about cyber security among Indian organisations.
Over the last 12 months, the Microsoft cybersecurity engagement team met with over 100 organisations in India. Based on those conversations, the team observed three common IT environment issues plaguing organisations in the country—Unmanaged and unregulated IT assets usage, procurement and maintenance, Poor knowledge of cyber hygiene among users within organisations, and Inability of companies to timely monitor, detect and remove cyber threats. The Cybersecurity Engagement Centre will bring together Microsoft and its partners to identify and respond to cyber threats in the country.
Announcing the cybersecurity investments in the country, Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft India, said in a note, “At Microsoft, we put trust and security at the core of everything we do. India stands at an exciting threshold today as we embrace the power of mobile and cloud computing. Data is becoming the driver of growth and innovation across every sector and will catalyse the 4th industrial revolution. We believe the security of critical information is imperative for our corporate customers, just as it is vital to ensure security and privacy of citizen data and transactions. Our first investment towards this was setting up our local data centers in India last year, and today’s launch of the Cybersecurity Engagement Centre is the second. Our cyber security investments in the country underline our relentless commitment to partnering India in realising its digital vision.”
The centre will also help in expanding Microsoft’s public-private partnerships and quickly address cyber attacks in the country