<p>Karnataka's centre of excellence in cybersecurity (CySecK) has launched an accelerator programme for cybersecurity start-ups.</p>.<p>Branded as H.A.C.K, it is the State's first cyber security-specific accelerator, an official statement said on Monday.</p>.<p>The programme was inaugurated last Saturday by Additional Chief Secretary in charge of the Department of IT, BT and S&T, E V Ramana Reddy and it was done online with participants joining from different parts of the world in view of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/covid-19" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> induced lockdown.</p>.<p>The programme has 21 start-ups on board across three cohorts: 10x cohort, 0-1 cohort and virtual cohort, the statement said.</p>.<p>Cyber security start-ups are typically deep-tech start-ups innovating in highly specialised technical areas.</p>.<p>Such start-ups from India have special challenges in addition to the ones that start-ups generally face, primarily due to lack of market maturity and availability of skilled talent, it was noted.</p>.<p>This has resulted in India relying primarily on global companies for cyber security products.</p>.<p>It is important for the nation to achieve higher self-reliance in the critical domain of cyber security.</p>.<p>This programme will support mature Indian start-ups to accelerate their growth through government and market connections, and nascent start-ups to mature through an innovative incubation eco-system and marquee mentorship.</p>.<p>In this way, the programme will also support the Atma-Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, the statement said.</p>.<p>The applications from the start-ups were evaluated by an independent panel that had representation from the government, academia, industry practitioners and investor community.</p>.<p>CySecK is housed on the campus of Indian Institute of Science, which is the anchor institute.</p>.<p>Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology) is the implementation agency.</p>.<p>CySecK was set up by Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society) of the Department of IT, BTand S&T.</p>.<p>The key objectives of the centre of excellence are to promote a cyber-safe and conducive environment for industry collaboration, address skills gap, build awareness and foster innovation in the emerging technology field of cyber security, it was stated.</p>.<p>The CoE will also facilitate standardisation and best practices for information security across industry domains, research and development, and technical training programmes in cyber security, the statement added.</p>
<p>Karnataka's centre of excellence in cybersecurity (CySecK) has launched an accelerator programme for cybersecurity start-ups.</p>.<p>Branded as H.A.C.K, it is the State's first cyber security-specific accelerator, an official statement said on Monday.</p>.<p>The programme was inaugurated last Saturday by Additional Chief Secretary in charge of the Department of IT, BT and S&T, E V Ramana Reddy and it was done online with participants joining from different parts of the world in view of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/covid-19" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> induced lockdown.</p>.<p>The programme has 21 start-ups on board across three cohorts: 10x cohort, 0-1 cohort and virtual cohort, the statement said.</p>.<p>Cyber security start-ups are typically deep-tech start-ups innovating in highly specialised technical areas.</p>.<p>Such start-ups from India have special challenges in addition to the ones that start-ups generally face, primarily due to lack of market maturity and availability of skilled talent, it was noted.</p>.<p>This has resulted in India relying primarily on global companies for cyber security products.</p>.<p>It is important for the nation to achieve higher self-reliance in the critical domain of cyber security.</p>.<p>This programme will support mature Indian start-ups to accelerate their growth through government and market connections, and nascent start-ups to mature through an innovative incubation eco-system and marquee mentorship.</p>.<p>In this way, the programme will also support the Atma-Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, the statement said.</p>.<p>The applications from the start-ups were evaluated by an independent panel that had representation from the government, academia, industry practitioners and investor community.</p>.<p>CySecK is housed on the campus of Indian Institute of Science, which is the anchor institute.</p>.<p>Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology) is the implementation agency.</p>.<p>CySecK was set up by Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society) of the Department of IT, BTand S&T.</p>.<p>The key objectives of the centre of excellence are to promote a cyber-safe and conducive environment for industry collaboration, address skills gap, build awareness and foster innovation in the emerging technology field of cyber security, it was stated.</p>.<p>The CoE will also facilitate standardisation and best practices for information security across industry domains, research and development, and technical training programmes in cyber security, the statement added.</p>