ISRI Seminar Series

The PhD Program in Computation, Organizations & Society presents:

Nandkumar Saravade - Director of Cyber Security and Compliance at NASSCOM, India
Data Protection: An Indian Perspective 

Monday, March 12, 2007
NSH-3002
12-Noon

Lunch will be provided
 
Abstract: Globalization has created some previously-unknown business
models in the knowledge industry.  It is now possible to disaggregate
business processes and execute them in different countries. In this
regard, the emergence of India as the preferred destination for
outsourcing work is well known.  It began on the foundation of lower
labor costs and rose further on the building blocks of quality.  India
currently commands 64% of IT Outsourcing and 45% of the BPO global
market. What is not known is how Indian companies manage to secure the
data being processed and the knowledge being created.  This talk seeks
to explain the framework for data protection in India and the security
initiatives implemented by the Indian IT industry.
 
Bio: Nandkumar Saravade is the Director of cyber security and
compliance at NASSCOM.  Nandkumar is an Indian Police Service (IPS)
officer. He specializes in cybercrime issues.  He is handling
NASSCOM's outreach program on cyber security, focusing on law
enforcement capacity building on cybercrime response and enhancing
information security awareness for different IT user groups. He holds
a post-graduate degree in Environmental Engineering from the IIT,
Mumbai. He can be reached at saravade@nasscom.org
 
For Appointments please contact: ponguru@cs.cmu.edu