UST BlueConch wins Excellence Award for Best Security Practices in IT/ITES Sector

Thiruvananthapuram, January 12, 2022: UST BlueConch, the product and platform engineering services arm of UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, has won the DSCI Excellence Award for the Best Security Practices in an Organization in IT-ITES Sector among small/medium size companies in India.

Data Security Council of India (DSCI), is a not-for-profit, industry body on data protection in India, set up by NASSCOM®, committed to making cyberspace safe, secure and trusted by establishing best practices, standards and initiatives in cyber security and privacy. DSCI Excellence Awards is an effort to recognize, honor 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.
 
Anil Lole, Head of InfoSec at UST BlueConch, won the Special Jury Award as the Privacy Leader of the Year 2021 for his expertise in data privacy and information security.  The company also finished among the top four finalists for the Best Security Practices in the Post Pandemic Scenario category.  The virtual award ceremony was held on 16th December 2021.

Speaking on the win, S Ramprasad, President, UST BlueConch, said, “As a global leader in product and platform engineering services that serves customers across the world, it is our responsibility to protect customer IP. Security and privacy are core to our service offerings, operations and growth strategy. We shall continue to create awareness and leverage best-in-class technologies to build a strong ecosystem.”
“We are honored to be recognized as the leader in the Best Security Practices in the IT/ITES Sector. I am humbled to also receive the Privacy Leader of the Year award. These recognitions will help build and strengthen partnerships with our global clients and partners while showcasing our capabilities,” says awardee Anil Lole, Head of Information Security and Data Privacy Officer, UST BlueConch. “It also reinforces the enthusiasm of our associates and data protection champions about secure product engineering practices.”