Microsoft opens centre to offer enhance security

Located in Gurgaon, company's cyber security engagement centre is one of seven such centres globally

Microsoft has opened a Cyber Security Engagement Centre (CSEC) in India, one of the seven such centres the Redmond-headquartered technology major has globally.

Located out of Gurgaon, the centre aims to drive public-private partnerships to fight cybercrime, strengthen the cooperation with Indian businesses, government and academic organizations on cyber security. It will also help in increasing the company's contribution towards securing computers and internet users in India from cybercrime threats, Microsoft said in a release.

The centre brings together experts from Microsoft's Digital Crime Unit comprising attorneys, investigators and security response experts.

The company also said that a dedicated India-based response team will also offer cyber monitoring, use machine learning based detection technology and ensure rapid response and resolution to cyber threats to enterprise customers in the country, as a part of Microsoft Consultancy Services (MCS).

"India stands at an exciting threshold today as data becomes a key driver of growth across every sector and industry and cloud-based computing becomes more prevalent? A data driven economy can flourish only when governments, businesses and individuals have access to hyper scale and hyper flexible cloud computing with the confidence that their data is secure. Our Cyber Security Engagement Center in Gurgaon underlines our relentless commitment to security and partnering India in its digital transformation," said Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft India.

The CSEC will leverage Microsoft's DCU Cyber Threat Intelligence Program that monitors and analyze malware infections. IT will provide malware threat assessment and actionable information and intelligence for select IP infrastructures shared by its customers on a non-commercial basis. The centre will also work with the National Cybersecurity Coordinator as well as the CERT-India and share information to help reduce malware and digital risk in the country, enabling a safe digital India.