Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (Tata Power DDL) has been successfully empaneled by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) for providing information security auditing services. With this, Tata Power DDL becomes the first power distribution utility in the country to have received this status, a company release said.
Tata Power-DDL’s push to offer its cybersecurity services comes at a time when cyber-attacks have become a serious threat to most organisations. India witnessed a surge in cyber-attacks following the lockdown imposed in 2020.
According to a recent government data, the country reported 1.16 million cybersecurity cases in 2020, which is three times more than 2019, the Tata Power DDL release said.
Speaking on this achievement, S Samanta, Chief- Information Technology, Tata Power-DDL said, “With an increase in the internet usage, there is a rise in the number of cybersecurity incidents in the country. Therefore, implementation of information security best practices to proactively manage and mitigate cybersecurity risk becomes critical.”
The empanelment ‘Information Security Auditing Organisation’ (ISAO) is in accordance with ‘the terms and conditions of empanelment’ as issued by CERT-In from time to time which shall provide an opportunity to Tata Power-DDL to promote the information security auditing standards in the industry and geography.
Benefits of empanelment
- With this empanelment, the company will be able to conduct information security audits for various government and public sector enterprises in addition to its corporate entities.
- The company will also offer professional services including penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, network security audit, web application security audit, wireless security audit, compliance audits (ISO 27001), ICS/OT audits, IT security policy and documentation, phishing campaign, architecture review, and source code review. The professional services extended will help in identifying the risks while recommending adequate controls to maintain the cybersecurity posture of the organisation against internal and external threats.
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of the Government of India, is a national nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents as and when they occur. CERT-In’s primary role is to raise security awareness among Indian cyber community and to provide technical assistance and advise them to help them recover from computer security incidents.
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