Security implications for a wired India: Challenges ahead
Abstract India has earned a significant place in the global Information Technology (IT) industry and aspires to be an IT superpower in the future. With an expanding IT infrastructure, the nation is getting ‘wired’ to the ‘global village’ at a rapid pace. Ironically, the technology that empowers us also exposes us to new threats. These threats do not recognise borders and impinge on nearly every cross‐section of our society. The article covers the security implications for a ‘Wired India’ under the military, political, economic and social dimensions. While information security as a concept is gaining ground, a more holistic and integrated approach is imperative for bridging the gaps and warding off the threats successfully.
Security implications for wired India: Role of technology
Abstract With an expanding IT infrastructure, India is getting ‘wired’ to the ‘global village’ at an extremely rapid pace. Prudence demands that we pay due attention to the threats impinging upon our electronic frontiers. In a multifarious threat scenario, technology aids deployed in a ‘layered’ manner offer the most credible defence. While discussing various technologies, this article stresses our capability to develop core technologies and adapt them with effective policies in the working environment. Since technology itself is not the panacea for information security, unless aptly supported by sound legislation and effective policies, a secure ‘wired India’ would remain a distant dream.
Global war for IT talent: the empowerment of India through information technology
The Silicon Valley is the Mecca of all IT professionals of the world. The knowledge age, which had its beginning in the humble microchip, has gained momentum at the dawn of the new millennium. The Silicon Valley is the ground zero of all the happenings in the IT world. And it is the Indian IT professionals who have acquired a brand value in the intense battle for a piece of cake of the IT benefits. Almost 38 per cent of the new internet and e-commerce start-ups in the IT world in the Silicon Valley are being undertaken by Indians. Indians hold over 40 per cent of hi-tech jobs in the Valley. There are 750 Indian companies operating in . the Valley. It is not only the IT companies floated by NRIs (Non-Resident Indians) or persons of Indian origin which are doing exceedingly well, but also a host of Indian IT companies which have done superbly both commercially and professionally. Therefore, it is no wonder that Premji of WIPRO, owner of an Indian IT company, has become the third richest man in the world, the first being Bill Gates of Microsoft (and the second being Yasomoshi Son of Japanese firm Softban). In the Silicon Valley, it is a well-accepted fact that if you have an Indian name attached to a new start-up in the IT world, the valuation of the new company on listing of