NEC, KEONICS, to collaborate on cyber security projects

12th June 2015
NEC, KEONICS,  to collaborate on  cyber security projects
Subhash K Malakhede, MD, Keonics and Koichiro Koide, Managing Director, NEC India, seal their partnership, Bangalore, June 12 2015.

Bangalore,  June 12 2015: NEC India and the Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (Keonics)  have agreed to collaborate and explore opportunities in the areas that are essential to the realization of a safe, secure and efficient society, including Safe City and Cyber Security. The partnership aims to promote and drive economic growth in Karnataka as well as other parts of India through NEC-driven, innovative IT solutions, and capacity building trainings.
Says Koichiro Koide, Managing Director, NEC India. “With focus on setting up world-class infrastructure for the electronics and IT related industries in the state, Keonics is one of the most progressive organisations in India working towards the advancement of not only Karnataka but that of the entire nation. We are thrilled to collaborate with them."
NEC and Keonics will collaborate in the area of Cyber Security to provide solutions for cyber-crime issues and focus on talent development to promote security capability in Karnataka and other parts of India.
"NEC will channelize its technological capabilities, global experience and local understanding towards Keonicsinitiatives, and together as a team we are confident of providing profound value to the citizens of Karnataka and India.With Karnataka's position as a regional hub for technology and business within India, the collaboration will create new avenues of growth in the state and the country.” Koide added. 
NEC regards Karnataka as a strategic state for providing solutions that support social infrastructure and smart city projects, as well as contributing to the country's industrial development with information and communication technologies.Through this Partnership, Keonics will leverage NEC’s solutions to assist State Governments and other Government Organisations in implementing projects in the areas of Anti-Terror Cyber Security, City Surveillance, Criminal Investigation and Forensics, and System Integration.
KEDONICS is  a Government of Karnataka Enterprise, established in  1976 with an objective to promote Electronics/IT Industries in Karnataka under the Department of IT, BT and Science and Technology.