Mahindra Special Services Group (MSSG) and Tata Communications Ltd., have signed a major security services agreement to leverage each others strengths to offer a complete suite of security services to Indian enterprises to enable security of their information assets and data. The partnership will deliver state of the art process consultancy as well as security services to the customers. Customers can now choose to implement simple services such as firewall management through to complex services such as mDDoS D&M service (managed Distributed Denial of Service Detection & Mitigation service) from Tata Communications and leverage the security process expertise from MSSG to minimise their security risk and better manage any threat to their business.
The partnership with MSSG expands Tata Communications’ MSS offerings to provide security consulting services. Tata Communications will now be able to provide end to end set of advanced security offerings to its enterprise customers.
Mr. Raghu Raman, CEO MSSG said: “The two most trusted names in Indian businesses are joining hands to strengthen a domain; where trust is everything. This partnership will bring two best-of-breed company’s value proposition to the benefit our clients. The partnership will help enterprises leverage the benefit of ‘security services expertise’ of Tata Communications and ‘security process expertise’ of MSSG.”
Mr. Sunil Joshi, President, Enterprise Business Unit, Tata Communications, said: “This partnership gives us an opportunity to provide an unbeatable portfolio of solutions that is unmatched by any other service provider and more importantly delivers a range of security solutions that our customers have been demanding. We will be able to leverage the security process expertise of MSSG and our world class security services to help our customers effectively manage all the constructs of information security i.e. people, process and technology.”
Tata Communications Security Services Operation Center is built to leading international standards, including ITIL best practices, and is ISO 27001-certified, SAS 70-audited and awarded the Cisco MSCP designation.
About MSSG
Mahindra Special Services Group (MSSG), a strategic business unit under $6.7bn Mahindra group, is a leading Corporate Security Risk Consulting firm that helps organizations reduce risk and enhance competitive advantage. MSSG protects information assets and minimizes losses due to an enterprise’s deviations from good governance. With a core team comprising ex-forces officers and domain experts with decades of experience in corporate security, MSSG’s risk mitigation advisories have enabled over 100 major corporate clients secure their people, assets, information and reputation. The company’s distinctiveness lies in its ‘People-Centric’ approach; endorsed by clients across scores of implementations. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, the company has presence in major cities of India and the capability to operate out of several global locations.
For more information, visit www.mahindrassg.com/overview.html
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About Tata Communications
Tata Communications is a leading global provider of a new world of communications. With a leadership position in emerging markets, Tata Communications leverages its advanced solutions capabilities and domain expertise across its global and pan-India network to deliver managed solutions to multi-national enterprises, service providers and Indian consumers.
The Tata Global Network includes one of the most advanced and largest submarine cable networks, a Tier-1 IP network, with connectivity to more than 200 countries across 400 PoPs, and nearly 1 million square feet of data center and collocation space worldwide.
Tata Communications’ depth and breadth of reach in emerging markets includes leadership in Indian enterprise data services, leadership in global international voice, and strategic investments in operators in South Africa (Neotel), Sri Lanka (Tata Communications Lanka Limited), Nepal (United Telecom Limited), and subject to approval by the Chinese government, China (China Enterprise Communications)
Tata Communications Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India and its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. (NYSE: TCL)