NASSCOM Data Security Council of India (DSCI) has organized 7th NASSCOM – DSCI Annual Information Security Summit. More than 400 participants from government, industry, solution providers and user community of India and abroad made their appearance in this annual summit. N Chandrasekaran, Chairman, NASSCOM and CEO, TCS inaugurated the Summit and provided the theme address. The main highlights of his Inaugural address were the growing importance of information security and privacy, increased use of technology and automation in all spheres of life.
While welcoming the guests, Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO, DSCI, shared the key engagements of the company in the area of Public Advocacy, Thought Leadership, Outreach and Awareness and Capacity Building - public-private partnership in cyber security, Internet governance, engagement with EU on India’s “adequacy” under the Data Protection Directive for trans-border data flows, work with government agencies on public advocacy, international standards and DSCI frameworks.
Kamlesh Bajaj further added, “During the last four years, DSCI has achieved significant milestones and our activities continue to expand, giving us the opportunity to contribute and make an impact on the industry, and at national and international levels. DSCI has now expanded into cyber security, privacy protection areas in full steam. And have taken first steps in the areas of Internet governance, cyber diplomacy, and telecom matters through ITU and ITRs in so far as they relate to cyber security and the Internet.”
