• Tech Mahindra and Hinduja Group’s CyQureX Sign a Global Strategic Partnership.

Amidst growing cybersecurity threats from across the border, two Indian tech firms – Tech Mahindra and CyQureX have partnered in an effort to boost the digital transformation of India and develop more advanced cybersecurity solutions.

The agreement comes as India is trying to ramp up efforts to boost its cyber security amidst growing threat perception to critical infrastructure, especially in the aftermath of the recent standoff with China.

M.K.Narayanan, Executive Chairman of CyQureX, a Former National Security Advisor and Special Advisor on Intelligence and Security to the Prime Minister of India.

Critical alliance

“This is a critical alliance and I am hopeful that it will be the catalyst to leverage next generation technologies like Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and create Cyber Security platforms to protect businesses, critical infrastructure and government. It promises to take digitalisation to the next level, providing clients across the globe with fully integrated cyber security solutions.”

In its statement quoting GP Hinduja, Co-Chairman, Hinduja group the announcement said, “We believe cybersecurity will be the cornerstone to protect all digital assets, particularly for digital transformation of India and other geographies. We are committed to develop many more indigenous state-of-the-art cyber security products and technologies in the coming years, with a vision to be a major global player in the emerging cyber security solutions market”.

Following the agreement, Tech Mahindra will provide consulting, planning, designing, integration, orchestration and automation of services, while CyQureX will prioritise capabilities in the ‘Cyber Security domain – the new middleware of the future’.

Key business differentiator

The partnership, the company said, will enable the organisations to become leaders in the emerging ‘Zero Trust’ environment, leveraging CyQureX’s core SDP (Software Defined Perimeter) technology and solutions, alongside Tech Mahindra’s focus on cybersecurity and other next generation technologies.

The partnership will enable global customers to have access to state-of-the-art cyber security protection for Data Assets across the entire life cycle i.e “Data in Motion”, “Data in Use” and “Data at Rest”.

CP Gurnani, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Tech Mahindra, said, “Organisations have accelerated their digital transformation journey to emerge stronger and smarter from the current crisis….. We see cybersecurity not only as an essential service but as a key business differentiator for our clients

“This partnership is a game changer in the cyber security domain. It brings the leading security services company Tech Mahindra, and our newest technology company, CyQureX, together to create a highly secure, agile and resilient digital world,” added Hinduja.

The strategic partnership between Tech Mahindra and Hinduja Group’s CyQureX will not only provide affordable protection to critical data, and defend nations against ‘stealth offences’, but would provide Cyber Security solutions for agile deployment that are critically important for business continuity, competitiveness and flexibility.

Together, given TechMNxt charter, which focuses on leveraging next-generation technologies, and Hinduja Group’s CyQureX as a leading provider of cyber security solutions, exciting new opportunities have become available in the arcane world of Cyber security. Simultaneously, Tech Mahindra and Hinduja Group’s CyQureX will work towards Product Development, Consulting Services and Delivery in the Cyber Security space.