The five-day ISO SC 27 meeting will witness over 300 experts deliberating on forging international standards on Privacy, Security and Risk management in IoT, Cloud Computing
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in collaboration with Data Security Council of India (DSCI is hosting the global standards’ meeting – ISO/IEC/ JTC 1/SC 27 Working Groups Meeting in Jaipur at Marriott from 26th to 30th of October, 2015, followed by a half day conference on Friday, 30th October on the importance of Standards in the domain. This is the first time that an international meeting on information security standards is being held in India.
The five-day ISO SC 27 meeting will witness over 300 experts deliberating on forging international standards on Privacy, Security and Risk management in IoT, Cloud Computing and many other contemporary technologies, along with updating of a few existing standards. Experts from Participating Countries, through the five working groups, namely Information Security Management Systems; Cryptography and Security Mechanisms; Security Evaluation, Testing and Specification; Security Controls and Services; and Identity Management and Privacy technologies; competence of security management professionals – will discuss and collaborate on the development of standards encompassing generic methods, techniques and guidelines to address both security and privacy issues.
ISO/IEC/JTC 1/ SC27, a joint technical committee of the international standards bodies – ISO and IEC on Information Technology security techniques, conducts regular meetings across the world with currently 51 countries as ‘Participating Members, that play an active role in the work of technical committees or ‘Working Groups’, along with a few countries as observing members. As a part of these sessions, the participating countries also have rights to vote in all official ballots related to standards, India is one of the participating countries. The representatives of the country, work on the preparation and development of the International Standards and provide feedback to their national organizations. DSCI through BIS, has been participating and encouraging Industry participation in the Working Groups since 2012.
Alka Panda, Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards said “India is a major hub of the IT Services & Software Sector and has gained global recognition in thes field. This meeting will give a platform for the Indian IT sector and its global counterparts to engage and discuss sectoral challenges like innovation and future growth. The standardization in the field of IT Security is essential to reap its benefits to the fullest before its wide-spread use across the globe. These Working Group meetings are a good step to bring together eminent minds from across the world to discuss the possible standardization solutions in the field of IT Security.”
R Chandrashekhar, President NASSCOM, while urging Industry’s participation said “It is a great opportunity for India and leading Indian companies to demonstrate their experience and expertise in security, and contribute to standard setting in this strategic area. Given the size of the Indian IT-BPM industry, contributing to these standards is of prime importance to demonstrate India’s technical and policy prowess and to also leverage the business benefits of the advanced knowledge. With PM Modi highlighting the strategic importance of cyber security on numerous occasions, strong Indian participation would help project our thought leadership in the Security and Privacy domain.”
Nandkumar Saravade, CEO, DSCI said “We are honored and delighted to host the – ISO/IEC/ JTC 1/SC 27 Working Group Meeting in India. As a focal body on Data Protection and Information Security matters in India, DSCI strongly supports and encourages industry participation and adoption of international security standards and best practices in the industry.”
Professor Edward Humphreys (Convener of SC 27/WG 1 and SC 27 Communications Officer) said at the launch “SC 27 wishes to express its thanks and appreciation to Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Data Security Council of India (DSCI) for hosting the SC 27 working groups meetings in the beautiful Pink City of Jaipur. SC 27 is recognized as an international Centre of Excellence in the development of information and IT Security and Privacy standards. SC 27 welcomes the strong support and participation that India has given to its work and we look forward to continuing this valuable collaboration and contributions from Indian industry and experts. 2015 is a special year for SC 27: we celebrated our 25th birthday in Spring and this September SC 27 received the prestigious Lawrence D Eicher Award. This award is given each year in recognition of the significant contribution and superior performance of an ISO technical committee or subcommittee to the development of ISO International Standards. Our SC 27 meeting in Jaipur will be the first official celebration of getting this award.”
