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Security Nasscom working on data security council Moumita Bakshi Chatterjee
New Delhi June 10 The independent self-regulatory organisation mooted by Nasscom, to ensure data security standards across member-companies, is expected to be named Data Security Council of India (DSCI). "The organisation is likely to be named Data Security Council of India and we are currently in the process of getting it registered," Nasscom President Mr Kiran Karnik told Business Line. Nasscom had announced in April that the proposed organisation would establish data security standards for the IT industry, focusing particularly on global best practices. The initiative is in line with Nasscom's Trusted Sourcing campaign and raises the data security bar for the $31.3-billion IT software and services export industry, which has been the eye of a storm over incidents of data security breach. The most high-profile incidents included data theft at HSBC's offshore data processing site in Bangalore; a case of cheating involving five former MsourcE employees; and one involving Mr Karan Bahree, an employee in a Web development firm, who was caught passing on confidential data during a sting operation. The newly formed independent body, to be headed by Mr Shyamal Ghosh, will enable India-based software companies to voluntarily sign up for certification or accreditation, depending on their size. The verification would then be carried out by third-party auditors. The accredited companies would have to adhere to certain standards of security compliance, failing which they would be liable for punitive action in the form of an enquiry, dis-accreditation and even a penalty.
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