Markets regulator Sebi has shortlisted 15 entities, including Tata Communications, Wipro and Tech Mahindra for 2 separate services -- identify and classify security holes in IT infrastructure, as well as protect against security threats. To provide these services, Sebi in September had issued separate notices, inviting expression of interest from the interested parties.
The service is related to identify and classify security holes in its entire information technology infrastructure and suggest measures to mitigate such risks. The second service pertains to set up a ‘network and security operation centre’, which will enable it to detect and protect against security threats, including from ransomware. Now, it has shortlisted 7 bidders - Wipro, Ernst & Young LLP, Pricewaterhouse, Sumeru Software , Digital Age Strategies, AAA Tech, Auditime Info Systems (India) Ltd -- to identify and classify security holes.