Cloud Security Alliance APAC
  • Home
  • About
    • About Us & Our Team
    • APAC Chapters
    • Newsletter
  • Press Release
  • Research
    • APAC Research Advisory Council (APRAC)
    • APAC Research Initiatives >
      • CCM-ABS Mapping WG
      • CCM – RBI Gopala Krishna Committee Report (GKCR) Mapping
      • Cloud Component Specifications
      • Cloud Incident Response
      • Cloud Security Services Management
      • High Performance Computing (HPC) Cloud Security
      • Hybrid Cloud Security Services
      • Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security
      • Mobile Application Security Testing
      • SaaS Governance
      • Best Practices for Mitigating Risks in Virtualized Environments
    • Reports >
      • Mitigating Hybrid Clouds Risks
      • Cloud OS Security Specification v2.0 >
        • Hybrid Cloud and its Associated Risks
      • Survey Report on Security Practices in HPC & HPC Cloud
      • CCM Addendum (controls mapping with the ABS CCIG 2.0))
      • Cloud Incident Response Framework – A Quick Guide
      • Mobile Application Security Testing Landsacpe Overview
      • CSA CCM v3.0.1 Addendum - Cloud OS Security Specifications
      • CSA CCM v3.0.1 Addendum to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s Gopala Krishna Committee (GKC) Report
      • CSA CCM v3.0.1 Addendum to the Guideline on Effectively Managing Security Service in the Cloud
      • Gap Analysis Report on Mapping CSA’s Cloud Controls Matrix to ‘Guideline on Effectively Managing Security Service in the Cloud’
      • Cloud OS Security Specification
      • Guideline on Effectively Managing Security Service in the Cloud
      • 2018 Cloud Adoption in the Malaysian FSI Sector: Survey Report
      • CSA CCM v3.0.1 Addendum to the Malaysia Personal Data Protection Standard 2015
      • 2017 State on Cloud Adoption and Security: APAC
      • 2016 Cloud Adoption and Security in India Survey Report
      • 2016 Cloud Adoption Practices and Priorities in the Chinese Financial Sector: Survey Report
    • C-STAR
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Past Events
    • CXO Roundtable Series
    • CCSK Training
  • CONTACT
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Notice
  • Home
  • About
    • About Us & Our Team
    • APAC Chapters
    • Newsletter
  • Press Release
  • Research
    • APAC Research Advisory Council (APRAC)
    • APAC Research Initiatives >
      • CCM-ABS Mapping WG
      • CCM – RBI Gopala Krishna Committee Report (GKCR) Mapping
      • Cloud Component Specifications
      • Cloud Incident Response
      • Cloud Security Services Management
      • High Performance Computing (HPC) Cloud Security
      • Hybrid Cloud Security Services
      • Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security
      • Mobile Application Security Testing
      • SaaS Governance
      • Best Practices for Mitigating Risks in Virtualized Environments
    • Reports >
      • Mitigating Hybrid Clouds Risks
      • Cloud OS Security Specification v2.0 >
        • Hybrid Cloud and its Associated Risks
      • Survey Report on Security Practices in HPC & HPC Cloud
      • CCM Addendum (controls mapping with the ABS CCIG 2.0))
      • Cloud Incident Response Framework – A Quick Guide
      • Mobile Application Security Testing Landsacpe Overview
      • CSA CCM v3.0.1 Addendum - Cloud OS Security Specifications
      • CSA CCM v3.0.1 Addendum to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s Gopala Krishna Committee (GKC) Report
      • CSA CCM v3.0.1 Addendum to the Guideline on Effectively Managing Security Service in the Cloud
      • Gap Analysis Report on Mapping CSA’s Cloud Controls Matrix to ‘Guideline on Effectively Managing Security Service in the Cloud’
      • Cloud OS Security Specification
      • Guideline on Effectively Managing Security Service in the Cloud
      • 2018 Cloud Adoption in the Malaysian FSI Sector: Survey Report
      • CSA CCM v3.0.1 Addendum to the Malaysia Personal Data Protection Standard 2015
      • 2017 State on Cloud Adoption and Security: APAC
      • 2016 Cloud Adoption and Security in India Survey Report
      • 2016 Cloud Adoption Practices and Priorities in the Chinese Financial Sector: Survey Report
    • C-STAR
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Past Events
    • CXO Roundtable Series
    • CCSK Training
  • CONTACT
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Notice

View from India: Cloud Computing on the Rise in India

6/15/2018

 
Bangalore, India - June 15, 2018. Source: https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/06/view-from-india-cloud-computing-on-the-rise-in-india/ 

India's role as a major stakeholder in cloud computing is increasing, with Bangalore identified as the country's IT hub.

India’s role as a major stakeholder in cloud computing is increasing. Since Bangalore is identified as the country’s IT hub, it is only natural that the Bangalore Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is in the process of formalising its chapter deeper and further strengthening its position in Bangalore. The CSA defines itself as a global organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment.

Cloud represents the future of an agile enterprise and its benefits are being passed on to consumers through which new technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) and quantum computing.

“The requirements in cloud are growing globally and this opens out opportunities for building a professionally trained workforce that can handle the emerging requirements of the cloud security system”, said Sandip Kumar Panda, chairman, CSA Bangalore Chapter, speaking at the CSA Bangalore Summit held on June 14, 2018.
“In the process, we get an insight into global trends. Along with global trends, it would be interesting if we can get a perspective into the Indian scenario. Research in niche areas like incident management can create domestic market for the same.”

According to data from the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) India is home to 50 million MSMEs, which makes it among the world’s largest MSMEs. Given the fact that MSMEs and the government are increasingly relying on scalable IT systems and solutions, it is understandable that they shift their processes along with sensitive information on to the cloud, which also carries the promise of security assurance.

“To begin with, banking and financial services have been very sensitive in terms of data security, but that has been overcome. Now, security in cloud is being commoditised. Within cloud security, there’s scope to explore various segments like access management. Working out affordable secure solutions for Indian consumers will become a catalyst for innovation as we move along,” said Nikhil Bandi, senior VP and CISO, Vistaar Financial Services Private Limited.

The 2017 Cloud Security Spotlight Report indicates that 76 per cent of organisations are piloting, implementing or already operating on the cloud, with 81 per cent of them concerned about cloud security. The need of the hour is an agile secure relation between development and operations.

Collectively, development, security, and operations are abbreviated as DevSecOps, which build security testing into the system. Automated analysis tools and IT intelligence are built into the cloud. Biswajit De, senior technical consultant, TrendMicro, feels that DevSecOps is more of a culture inculcated into the system in a loop-like manner for companies to be more agile.

“DevSecOps puts security as a process into the development cycle and makes organisations responsible for the entire lifecycle,” De said. “It is a means to provide the software development operation required to interact with customers in a quick and efficient manner. The entire process is facilitated through the adoption of cloud.

“Everything is consumption-based and security is moving towards meeting the emerging needs of consumption. This is why we have moved to cloud and automate process for security.”

The growth of the cloud ecosystem is healthy and the time is right to build a workforce comprising of certified cloud security professionals. However, it is also a challenge to choose the right cloud service provider (CSP).
​
“We provide cloud evaluation as a service, which is a methodology to select the best-fit CSP,” highlighted Vikas Mathur, co-founder, RightCloudz Technologies LLP. “The process is based on quantifiable methods and is vendor neutral. The challenge lies in gathering the intelligence and implementing and customising it from security and business point of view.”

Formal cloud migration strategy is a global trend and India is no exception. CSPs are confronted with companies whose concerns stem from complete protection, to control monitoring, to compliance requirements. Often, it is found that the customer application requirements are diverse. It then becomes essential for CSPs to get into the details of the architecture, perform mapping and use its intelligence for back-end solutions. All this combines to provide the solution.
The spotlight is on information security leaders with technical knowledge about cloud and skills.
© COPYRIGHT 2020. Cloud Security Alliance. All Right Reserved