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Channel Post MEA
30-05-2025
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
Finesse And Securiti To Offer Cybersecurity Solutions
Finesse has announced a strategic, partnership with Securiti, the pioneer of the Data+AI Command Center. The partnership, which was announced during the GISEC event, aims to provide cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions to businesses in the region. The partnership brings together Finesse's proven expertise in deploying transformative digital solutions with Securiti's groundbreaking technologies in managing sensitive data, offering a sophisticated blend of capabilities designed to address the multifaceted demands of today's cybersecurity landscape. By integrating Securiti's innovative AI-driven data privacy and security solutions into Cyberhub's comprehensive portfolio, Finesse is set to equip organizations with advanced tools to protect their critical information across both structured and unstructured data environments. Finesse's Cyberhub already boasts an impressive suite of solutions, including its industry-leading Cognitive Security Operations Center (CSOC), automated incident response frameworks, AI-driven Zero Trust architecture, and governance frameworks for generative AI. With the addition of Securiti's advanced platforms, such as Data Vault, Data Leakage Protection, and privacy-compliance automation, the enhanced Cyberhub offering will empower businesses to deploy proactive, scalable, and highly intelligent cybersecurity strategies. Commenting on the partnership, Megha Shastri, Vice President – Enterprise Accounts Finesse, said, 'Together with Securiti we will address critical set of challenges that organizations face in securing sensitive data across modern, distributed environments—especially in the cloud. This partnership will empower our customers with continuous visibility and control over sensitive data, reducing security risks, and ensuring compliance across environments.' 'Organizations today face a dual imperative- to innovate rapidly with AI and cloud technologies, while simultaneously maintaining stringent data security and privacy controls,' said Tahir Latif, Chief Privacy Officer ( META) at Securiti. 'Through this partnership, we are enabling enterprises to automate the discovery, classification, and protection of sensitive data at scale, providing the foundational intelligence that downstream security and AI governance solutions rely on.' Securiti's unique ability to combine robust data visibility and controls with AI intelligence aligns seamlessly with Cyberhub's mission to ensure businesses maintain visibility and control over their digital assets while staying ahead of emerging threats. This integration also enables enterprises to achieve and sustain compliance with international privacy regulations, such as GDPR, CCPA, and similar standards, through automation and data-driven insights. As AI continues to evolve, managing privacy and ethical considerations alongside threat mitigation has become a top priority for enterprises. Through this partnership, Finesse and Securiti aim to redefine the boundaries of PrivacyOps by introducing a new level of automation and transparency. Organizations will now have access to enhanced zero-trust frameworks, enabling them to mitigate risks proactively, while also fostering responsible adoption of AI technologies in their operations. 'Responsible AI governance begins with responsible data governance,' added Mr Latif. 'Without deep visibility into the flow and sensitivity of data, organizations risk deploying AI on unstable ground. The Finesse – Securiti partnership comes at a critical time when businesses are navigating an era of unprecedented cyber threats and complex regulatory landscapes. Together, these two industry powerhouses are creating a secure foundation for businesses to thrive, offering seamless integration of data security, AI governance, and privacy management solutions. 0 0
India Today
15-05-2025
- Business
- India Today
Cyber ‘Kavach': Railways plans Rs 600 cr war-room against attacks
India is establishing a state-of-the-art Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) for its railway system at the national transporter's headquarters Rail Bhawan in New Delhi to fend off cyber threats to the Indian Railways' vast and increasingly digitised an outlay of around Rs 600 crore, this will be the first such centralised defence system against digital intrusions for one of the world's largest rail step reflects a growing sense within the government of nationwide vulnerability of critical infrastructure, particularly transportation systems, to cyber attacks. The upcoming facility is seen as a nerve-centre for threat assessment, risk mitigation and ensuring effective cyber security, incident response, knowledge management and information-sharing across the railway network, encompassing the passenger reservation systems, freight operations information systems, operating systems and communication systems.'Almost every aspect of train operations and all ticketing and freight charging systems are computerised. Cyber security is very critical for such a system. The fact that there are many sub-systems within the IT landscape could help in isolating the attacks, although securing each one is a difficult task,' said R. Badri Narayan, consultant to railway's IT arm CRIS (Centre for Railway Information Systems) and a retired Indian Railway Traffic Service Railways has been successfully thwarting attempts to hack the systems, but cyber security is also about the best responses in case multiple systems are breached,' he explained. Mock drills should be a routine feature to ensure the railways can get things under control in the unfortunate event of a successful cyber attack, said Narayan, who has been at the helm of the railway ministry's IT leading tech companies—Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), TCL, Bharti Airtel, Sterlite Technologies and Larsen & Tubro (L&T)—have emerged as successful bidders in the technical qualification round of the tender. Industry sources say the financial bids are likely to be completed within weeks and the purchase order in a month or so.'This is much-needed infrastructure for an organisation that increasingly runs on digital systems—from ticket sales to asset monitoring,' said an industry source in the know of the project plan. 'Once the cyber security centre is up and running, India's ability to envision, contain and neutralise cyber threats in real time will take a major leap.'Indian Railways, over the last decade, has embraced dozens of digital platforms to modernise operations, cut waste in its haystack and improve customer experience. Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Union minister for railways and electronics and IT, has frequently stressed that technology has a key role to play in addressing operational railways has also made an effort to remain in step with the tech curve, which includes deployment of new-age technologies, such as the Kavach anti-train collision system and high-speed the web and mobile portals of IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation), which process over 1 million bookings a day, to real-time GPS tracking of trains and electronic interlocking of train movements, the backbone of the network is no longer only steel and concrete but also software and some risks are inherent. Industry experts say the railways' fragmented, and often, obsolete digital systems are susceptible to ransomware, phishing and foreign-state actors. Beyond financial losses or stolen data, a successful cyber attack could result in disruptions of rail traffic, putting passenger safety and national security at are not vague threat assessments. Last year, a ransomware attack hit CSX, one of the biggest freight railroad operators in the United States, putting its systems offline, disrupting operations and inflicting a major financial blow. Back in 2018, the UK's rail network had intercepted an attempt to break its ticketing system, leading to a national the years, transportation systems globally—be it rail, road, air or sea—have adopted securer communications that are no longer 'nice to have' but a strategic CSOC of the Indian Railways will have real-time, 24x7 cyber-monitoring using a tracking system, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based threat analytics, cyber threat intelligence and information-sharing practices, intrusion and anomaly detection system, and an incident response system based on inputs fed from various sources. It will operate in coordination with the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) and CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team).The CSOC will also be developed as a centre of training and simulation for the railways' cyber workforce, enhancing indigenous capability to respond to zero-day vulnerabilities and persistent across the world are investing heavily in cyber security. Germany's national railway Deutsche Bahn has only one central cyber operations centre in operation. It is connected to the country's national cyber authority. Japan Railways had built an AI firewall framework to protect its train control/command IT systems ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Brazil and Indonesia, considered as emerging economies, are also aligning cyber security of transport infrastructure with international systems such as ISO/IEC move is in line with global best practices, although some experts believe the country is playing catch-up. With around 70,000 km of tracks, thousands of networked devices and a growing customer base, Indian Railways are up against digital threats that traditional firewalls cannot the CSOC takes shape, insiders say the project's success will depend on how swiftly the selected vendor picks up the ropes of the railway system, the level of coordination between government bodies, and how rapidly technology can be deployed. The value of the IT bidders—all giants in their domains—will be tested as to India Today Magazine
