And an intrusion into the network can jeopardize everything. And with more and more transactions about to happen online, the danger of business loss looms large. The Indian corporate world has woken up to the reality that data in their networks can be fiddled with. Some of the bold companies have told that they are keeping the HR information like compensation and benefits in the LAN guarded. This is mostly all from within.
Competitors are the last in the category to break in.
Howsoever, infosec is still seen as a reactive rather as a proactive step. At least, products like firewall from Checkpoint, Raptor, and Cisco are getting deployed, though firewall within the network does not mean an end to all problems. Other products like intrusion detection, vulnerability assessment tools, anti-virus, and content security tools all need to go into the network. Various estimates from the vendors of different security products suggest that the spending on network security deployment was to a tune of Rs 15 crore. And it is estimated that HCL Comnet, Microland, and Ramco share about 85 percent of the market in India.