The third edition of the Security India 2011 held at New Delhi highlighted on the merging role of physical and virtual security and its integration with intelligence analytics and enforcement agencies. The conference focused on leveraging technology enablers for internal corporate security. A white paper on ‘Changing landscape of Security and Surveillance’ was released on the occasion.

Rajiv Mathur, Former Director, Intelligence Bureau said the security scenario in India is no different from the US or UK . “We are in a catch 22 situation. If we want to prosper, we need to look at not only physical but also intelligence security.” The security landscape has changed in the last 15 years with the advent of mobile economy, and this was elaborated further by Sivarama Krishnan, Executive Director, Pricewaterhouse Coopers.

Dr Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi, Joint Secretary, Police, Ministry of Home Affairs said that cyber crime has increased as cyber weapons cost much less than other weapons. He spoke about the Central Government’s Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System CCTNS project to facilitate storage, transfer and sharing of data and information between police stations’ and the state headquarters and the Central Police Organisations.

The sessions on the ‘Merging role of Physical and Digital Security’ threw light on understanding the difference and objective synergy, genesis and essence of attack, transnational character of cyber attacks, real-time information monitoring data management, malicious intrusion or unauthorised access, etc. The discussions on ‘Impact of Convergence on Information Security’ included leveraging technology enablers for threat identification, need for indigenous IT products to minimise probability of veiled threats, intelligence information analytics, authorisation and access authentication, etc.

The session on ‘How secure is your workplace for business continuity’ included all; the law enforcers, users (malls, financial institutions and enterprise) and technology provides as well. The last session on ‘Integrated approach for a secured eco-system’ tinted on challenges faced in adoption of global technologies in India and the need to build a security roadmap.