Omkar Rai, Director General, Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), announced that the Cyber Security Centre of Excellence (COE) would be setup at STPI new facility in Mysuru shortly.
During the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Mysuru annual IT conference, online here, recently, he said, “The COE will work as a potential accelerator and key driver in ground-breaking product development, by fostering start-ups and young innovators.”
Delivering the keynote address, U B Pravin Rao, chief operating officer (COO) of Infosys, said, "Since the Covid pandemic set in, there is a huge surge in cyber attacks, making work from home vulnerable to hacking, as most of the work-from-home systems will not have the required protection from cyber attacks."
“There was more than 300% increase in cyber attacks since the pandemic. By 2025, the spending on cyber services will touch $100 billion. By 2030, the cyber products market will reach $35 billion, from $4 billion now,” he said.
Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, member of the erstwhile royal family, said, "Mysuru has been spearheading changes for India, by bringing-up great institutions of everlasting value. The COE, supported by STPI and CII, will be significant for the country.”
Amit Kumar, chairman CII-Mysuru, said, "CII is happy to be associated with like-minded institutions and organisations, to promote Mysuru as a pioneer in the cyber security field. Mysuru has the potential to become a cyber security hub.”
Pavan Ranga, vice-chairman of CII-Mysuru, said, “Most of our business activities are held online. Such activities generate data, which is available online, thus vulnerable to cyber attacks. The Defence sector is going to be more of cyber war than a physical one.”
Praveen Rao Pejaver, convener of CII-Mysuru IT/ITES Panel, said, "The new norm, during and after the pandemic, is and will be more dependant on a secure and reliable cyberspace.
S Sadagopan, Director, IIITB, spoke on Personal Data Protection law (PDPA 2020) and Data Security. Bikash Barai, co-founder, Cigital, Sandip Kumar Panda, P Rajshekar, Director, ISAC, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, MD and CEO of Lahari - the ESDM Cluster in Mysuru, and Bharat Raigangar, general manager, Cybersecurity and Risk Services, Wipro Limited, were present.