DSCI Excellence Awards 2021
Honouring stellar work in cyber security and privacy
Corporate Segment
Law Enforcement Segment
Product Segment
Corporate Segment
Objective
Recognition & Honour: Recognize, honour and reward organizations and individuals who have taken strategic, proactive and innovative security and privacy efforts to help the organization address real risks, build resilience, increase trustworthiness and create a conducive environment for doing business and thus enable the organization to harness data protection as a lever for business growth.
Elevate the role of Security function: Highlight thecyberdome importance of security function and its contribution in the overall business ecosystem of an organization.
Awareness and knowledge: Bring about awareness towards the need for information security and privacy within organizations and society at large.
Winners
DSCI Excellence Award for Best Security Practices in Organization
Banking
Canara Bank
Small or Medium Financial Institutions (NBFCs)
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
Critical Information Infrastructure
TATA Communications
Insurance
Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd
Energy
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited
Security Operations Centre of the Year (User Organizations)
Vodafone Idea Limited
IT-ITeS
Large
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Small/Medium
UST BlueConch Technologies
IT Sector
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)
Enterprise/Government
AGS Health
Post Pandemic Scenario
Healthcare
Healthcare
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd
Healthcare
Narayana Hrudayalaya Limited
DSCI Excellence Award for Industry leaders
Security Leader of the Year
Arup Chatterjee
WNS Global Services (Private) Ltd.
(IT-ITeS)
Deepak Shukla
Canara Bank
(BFSI)
Mathan Kasilingam
Vodafone Idea Limited
(Critical Information Infrastructure)
Privacy Leader of the Year
Sameer Ratolikar
HDFC Bank Ltd.
Best Privacy Practices in Organization
DSCI Excellence Award for Cyber Security Evangelists
Large
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Cyber Security Services
Tata Communications Ltd.
Cyber Security Education
Center for Cybersecurity Systems and Networks, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Cyber Security Awareness
Businesses
HDFC Bank Ltd.
Government/NGOs
Cyber Security Centre of Excellence, GoWB
Special Jury Recognition Award Categories
Saraswat Cooperative Bank Ltd.
Cyber Security Awareness
(Businesses)
Anil Lole
UST BlueConch Technologies
(Privacy Leader of the Year)
Navaneethan M
Groww
(Security Leader of the Year - BFSI)
Finalists
Following are the finalists in different categories, listed in alphabetical order.
DSCI Excellence Award for Best Security Practices in Banking Sector
- Bank of India
- Canara Bank
- State Bank of India
- Union Bank of India
DSCI Excellence Award for Best Security Practices in Small or Medium Financial Institutions (NBFCs)
- SBI Cards & Payment Services
- Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
- SBI Mutual Fund
DSCI Excellence Award for Best Security Practices in Critical Information Infrastructure
- Bharat Electronics Limited
- Reliance Jio
- TATA Communications
DSCI Excellence Award for Best Security Practices in Insurance Sector
- Aegon Life Insurance Company
- Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
- Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd.
- SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
DSCI Excellence Award for Best Security Practices in IT-ITeS Sector
Large
- EXL Service
- Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
- WNS Global Services (Private) Ltd.
Small/Medium
- AGS Health
- eClerx Services Ltd.
- UST BlueConch Technologies
DSCI Excellence Award for Best Security Practices in Energy Sector
- Cairn Oil and Gas, Vedanta Limited
- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
- Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)
DSCI Excellence Award for Best Security Practices in Healthcare Sector
- Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.
- Narayana Hrudayalaya Limited
DSCI Excellence Award for Best Security Practices in Post Pandemic Scenario
IT Sector
- AGS Health
- Concentrix Daksh Business Process Services Pvt Ltd
- IRIS Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
- UST BlueConch Technologies
Enterprise/Government
- Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)
- South Indian Bank Ltd.
- State Bank of India
DSCI Excellence Award for Best Security Operations Centre of the Year (User Organizations)
- Canara Bank
- Directorate General of Systems and Data Management, Central Board of Indirect Tax and Customs (CBIC), Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India
- State Bank of India
- Vodafone Idea Limited
DSCI Excellence Award for Security Leader of the Year
IT-ITeS
- Arup Chatterjee, WNS Global Services (Pvt.) Ltd.
- Lakshmi Narayanan Kaliyaperumal, Infosys
- Rajesh Kumar, EXL Service
- Rishi Rajpal, Concentrix Daksh Business Process Services Pvt Ltd
BFSI
- Anil Kumar Singh Bhandari, State Bank of India
- Deepak Shukla, Canara Bank
- Navaneethan M, Groww
- Rajesh Thapar, Axis Bank
- Sanjay Pugaonkar, SBI Funds Management Pvt. Ltd.
CII
- Anand Pande, Goods and Services Tax Network
- Mathan Kasilingam, Vodafone Idea Ltd.
- Narayan Raman, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
DSCI Excellence Award for Privacy Leader of the Year
- Anil Lole, UST BlueConch Technologies
- Sameer Ratolikar, HDFC Bank Limited
- Unique Kumar, CK Birla Group
DSCI Excellence Award for Best Privacy Practices in Organization
- EXL Service
- Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
- QX Global Group
DSCI Excellence Award for Cyber Security Services
- Aujas Cybersecurity
- Payatu Security Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
- TATA Communications Ltd.
DSCI Excellence Award for Cyber Security Education
- Center for Cybersecurity Systems and Networks, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
- GTU-Graduate School of Engineering and Technology
- Manipal Institute of Technology
- SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram
DSCI Excellence Award for Cyber Security Awareness
Businesses
- BSE Ltd.
- HDFC Bank Ltd.
- Saraswat Cooperative Bank Ltd.
- State Bank of India
Government/NGOs
- Cyber Peace Foundation
- Cyber Security Centre of Excellence, Govt. of West Bengal
- The420.in (Future Crime Research Foundation)
- Security Leader of the Year (BFSI)
- Privacy Leader of the Year
- Cyber Security Awareness
- Best Security Practices in Government
Note from Jury:
The following Jury members declared their conflict of interest as below and abstained themselves from evaluating certain categories:
- Som Mittal (Jury Chair) declared his conflict of interest as a board member of EXL Service and abstained himself from evaluating the categories, namely IT-ITeS where EXL Service has nominated. Herein, the jury comprised of Vidya Srinivasan (Jury Chair), Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Dr G. Narendra Nath and Praveena Rai.
- For the Best Security Practices in Healthcare category, both Som Mittal as board member Apollo Hospitals, and Arvind Sivaramakrishnan as CIO, Apollo Hospitals, declared their conflict of interest and abstained themselves from evaluating the respective category. Herein, the jury comprised of Praveena Rai (Jury Chair), Dr G. Narendra Nath and Vidya Srinivasan.
Jury for the Awards
Jury Chair
Som Mittal
(Jury Chair)
Former President & Chairman, NASSCOM
Arvind Sivaramakrishnan
Chief Information Officer, Apollo Hospitals
Praveena Rai
Chief Operating Officer, NPCI
Vidya Srinivasan
Sr. Vice President, Genpact
Dr G. Narendra Nath
Joint Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat, GoI
Award Categories
- Best Security Practices in Banking Sector
- Best Security Practices in NBFCs and Small Financial Institutions
- Best Security Practices in Critical Information Infrastructure
- Best Security Practices in Insurance Sector
- Best Security Practices in IT-ITeS Sector
- Best Security Practices in Government Sector
- Best Security Practices in Energy Sector
- Best Security Practices in Healthcare Sector
- Best Security Practices in Post Pandemic Scenario
- Best Security Operations Centre of the Year (User Organizations)
- Security Leader of the Year
- Privacy Leader of the Year
- Best Privacy Practices in Organization
- Cyber Security Services
- Cyber Security Education
- Cyber Security Awareness
Awards 2021 Partners
Awards Process Partner
Awards Partner
Category Partners
Best Security Practices in Insurance Sector
Cyber Security Awareness
Best Security Practices in Healthcare Sector
Best Security Practices in Banking Sector
Security Leader of the Year
Innovation Box
Law Enforcement Segment
Awards Process for LEA Segment
- To recognize and honour an Officer who has done the most outstanding investigation in solving a cyber crime
- To recognize and honour a state police/police agency for efforts made in overall capacity building through workforce development, investigation & forensics capability development, skill enhancement through trainings & workshops etc.
Awards Process for LEA Segment
- Consolidation of all the cases and other information received from various police organisations will be done by DSCI & process partner.
- First level of screening will be done by DSCI and Process Partner to shortlist three finalists in each category.
- Subsequent to short listing of finalists, the eminent jury panel will evaluate the finalists and decide the winner. The winners will be announced during the DSCI-NASSCOM Annual Information Security Summit.
- While there will be only one winner, shortlisted finalists will also be honored.
Winners
Category 1: India Cyber Cop of the Year
K. N. Yashavantha Kumar
DySP, Cybercrime Division, C.I.D. Karnataka
Excellence in Capacity Building of Law Enforcement Agencies
Telangana State Police
Excellence in Capacity Building in Cybercrimes, Cyber Laws & Digital Forensics by Academia
Advanced Centre for Research, Development & Training in Cyber Laws & Forensics, National Law School of India University Bengaluru
Finalists
Finalists
- Ankush Mishra, DySP, Cyber Crime Police Station, Special Task Force, Uttarakhand
- K. N. Yashavantha Kumar, DySP, Cybercrime Division, Criminal Investigation Department, Karnataka.
- K. Ramesh, Police Inspector, CCS, Chittoor Police Station, Andhra Pradesh.
- District Cyber Cell, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Police
- State Cyber Crime Cell, CID Crime, Gujarat Police
- Telangana State Police
- Advanced Centre for Research, Development & Training in Cyber Laws & Forensics, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru
- Rajiv Gandhi National Cyber Law Center, National Law Institute University, Bhopal
- University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, School of Computer Science, Uttarakhand
Jury For The Awards
Mr. Loknath Behera IPS
DGP, Kerala Police
Mr. Pratap Reddy IPS
Addl. DGP, Karnataka Police
S. K. Bhalla
Deputy Director General, Telecom Security, NTIPRIT
Mr. Vakul Sharma
Advocate, Supreme Court of India
Awards 2021 Partners
Awards Process Partner
Awards Partner
Category Partners
Best Security Practices in Insurance Sector
Cyber Security Awareness
Best Security Practices in Healthcare Sector
Best Security Practices in Banking Sector
Security Leader of the Year
Innovation Box
Product Segment
Evaluation Process
The Indian industry is riding high on the wave of entrepreneurial traction in the niche domain of cyber security and security product development with numerous security product companies emerging in the last few years. Though, currently at a nascent stage, these organizations are enjoying robust sales traction and moving forward with the concern of being recognized in the global world.
In order to provide impetus to the growth of Indian cyber security market, DSCI, is working towards contributing and building a favorable ecosystem for growth-led, sustainable business segments of security product & services companies in the country. Many initiatives and activities have been undertaken by DSCI to encourage indigenous product development, proving platform to the start-ups to connect with the key stakeholders of the ecosystem. With an intent to provide more impetus to these organizations, DSCI has launched Excellence awards for Product companies, which is comprised of two categories ‘Security Product Company of the Year’ and ‘Most Innovative Product of the Year (Innovation Box)’.
The objective of this initiative is to recognize, honor and reward organizations who come up with innovative product ideas, and emerging companies to address real risks, build resilience, increase trustworthiness and create a conducive environment for businesses; thus, enabling organizations harness security as a lever for business growth.
The initiative is an attempt to provide support to product companies in various aspects by bringing these new players nearer to established security leaders, innovators other stakeholders on a common platform for idea sharing, guidance and collaboration.
Winners
Category 1: Security Product Company of the Year
Instasafe Technologies Private Limited
Category 2: DSCI Innovation Box – Most Innovative Product of the Year
Seconize Technologies Private Limited
Finalists
Following are the finalists in different categories, listed in alphabetical order.
- Appknox (Xysec Labs Private Limited)
- Instasafe Technologies Private Limited
- SISA Information Security Private Limited
Finalists
- SecneurX Technologies Private Limited
- Seconize Technologies Private Limited
- TAC Security Private Limited
Shortlisted
- Cyberstanc Corp
- SecneurX Technologies Private Limited
- Seconize Technologies Private Limited
- TAC Security Private Limited
- Whitelint Global Private Limited
Jury for the Awards
Jury Chair
Raman Roy
Chairman & MD, Quatrro Global Services
Product Company of the Year
Ajit Menon
Chief Security Officer, Tata Consultancy Services Product Company of the Year
Rajnish Kapur
Managing Partner, India Angel Network Product Company of the Year
Ratnaboli Ghorai Dinda
Deputy Director General, NIC Product Company of the Year
Shilpa Kumar
Partner, Omidyar Network India Product Company of the Year
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility Criteria:
- An organization which has developed Information Security Product(s) can apply.
- The organization should be incorporated as a private limited company (as defined in the Companies Act, 2013) or registered as a partnership firm (registered under section 59 of the Partnership Act, 1932) or a limited liability partnership (under the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008) in India.
- Product (mentioned in the nomination form) should be designed and developed in India.
- IPR/Patents, if any, should be owned by the Indian entity.
- An organization that has won this award (DSCI) earlier is not eligible to apply.
- A Company nominating any product for ‘DSCI Innovation Box’ category cannot nominate in this category.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Innovative Security/ Privacy Products which should not have violated/ breached/ copied any idea/ concept/ product already copyright or patent can be nominated.
- The organization should be incorporated as a private limited company (as defined in the Companies Act, 2013) or registered as a partnership firm (registered under section 59 of the Partnership Act, 1932) or a limited liability partnership (under the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008) in India.
- Organization nominating in Innovation Box should have an annual turnover not exceeding Rs. 25 crores for any of the financial years since its Incorporation
- Organizations nominating in Innovation Box should be in existence and operations for less than 5 years from the Date of Incorporation
- The product should have been designed and developed in India.
- For the nominated products if there is any IPR/Patents registered, it should be owned by the Indian entity.
- An organization that has won this award earlier is not eligible to apply.
Awards 2021 Partners
Awards Process Partner
Awards Partner
Category Partners
Best Security Practices in Insurance Sector
Cyber Security Awareness
Best Security Practices in Healthcare Sector
Best Security Practices in Banking Sector
Security Leader of the Year
Innovation Box
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