Pune, India, Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) – a Deemed University, recently conducted a workshop on “Challenges in Cloud Computing”. This was held on 16th December 2011 at the DAIT campus in Girinagar, Pune.

The event was attended by DRDO scientists, leading defence and security experts, students and prominent OEMs. After the introductory talk by Dr. Prahlada (Vice Chancellor, DIAT) the keynote address was delivered by Mr. V S Mahalingam (Director, CAIR). Later, Mr. Tarang Salgia (CTO, VPSI Business Unit, Uniken) spoke on challenges of security in a cloud computing environment and showcased Uniken’s cutting-edge, next-generation technology platform – Virtual Private Secure Internet (VPSI) – as a comprehensive framework for Secure Enterprise Cloud Applications and its relevance to Defence.

Mr. Salgia’s talk covered various aspects of Private Secure Cloud Computing ecosystems, including risks, threats and solution requirements. He highlighted key advantages and challenges of setting up a private secure cloud infrastructure including end-point security, channel encryption, mutual authentication, multi-factor authentication (including biometric), data leakage prevention and data security threats from internal and external sources.

"The VPSI innovation by Uniken is a fundamentally alternative approach to information security. This provides a military-grade framework for secure communication over the internet. CIOs and leading security experts are increasingly opting for the VPSI platform. We already have over 600,000 users with leading enterprises across the globe on the VPSI platform. Uniken’s first Indian implementation of this technology at Bank of India recently won the 'C-Change Enterprise Awards 2011' for 'Best Security Implementation'", informed Mr. Jayadeep Apte from Uniken’s Global Leadership Team.