Pristine InfoSolutions: Sculpting out a Secured Interconnected Cyber World Date:   Wednesday , October 08, 2014 The global watchdogs have already sounded the alarm about the growing jeopardy of cyber attacks in the coming days extending from government to corporate houses and individuals. As data breaches and hacking schemes tolls up, corporates and other bodies are urged to adopt more robust form of data security to insure against any hacking. Talking about India, a research report attests that recent years saw a steep increase in cyber threats of about 136 percent and 126 percent in Indian government space and in financial services organizations respectively. It is estimated that an average non-tech company is spending around 5 percent of their total revenue on IT Security. While this features the reasons to fear from cyber attacks, there are only a handful of players who can provide the best degrees of security solutions. Pristine InfoSolutions is one such organization whose cyber security solutions can be vowed upon. Pristine is one of the pioneers in providing services, trainings and solutions that are equipped with potentials to counter global industry challenges in the field of Ethical Hacking and Information Security. Beyond IT Outsourcing Services, Systems Integration, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Security and Audit Services, Cyber Crime Investigations and Cyber Law Consulting, Pristine vests its forte majorly in the entire spectrum of intensive information and cyber security training, thus supporting people to abreast hackers by mastering practical steps necessary for defending IT Infrastructure against the most dangerous threats. Backed by a unique, smart and professional approach, the trainings at Pristine are devised around themes like ethical hacking, penetration testing and Android apps development training. They also encompass customized, interactive and hands-on sessions such as corporate, classroom and online training, benefiting the whole array of customers, employees, partners and students. In the cyber security world, ethical hackers are the lifeline for any organization and Pristine is driven by the exceptional innovative thinking and collaborative pool of certified hackers. \"Our ability to meet the information security needs across industry verticals with commitment of quality delivery and partnering approach has been highly recognized in the industry which has positioned us as a leader in this segment,\" affirms Rizwan Shaikh, Founder & CTO, Pristine InfoSolutions. While cyber-weapons, sophisticated phishing attacks and states-sponsored espionage usually grab the headlines and attention of organizations, it is found that the biggest threat to a company\'s integrity is the homegrown threats or rouge employees. To nullify this risk, Pristine offers world class security service framework engineered to defend against most vicious attacks based on attacking and defending highly secured environments. The Master of Doers & Thinkers Bob Iger, an American businessman once said, \"For any organization to grow globally, it\'s not enough to just be an exporter; rather they have to be creator\". Pristine is a firm believer of these words, thus they take pride in their creativity and innovation which is considered as the soul and heart of the company. The company houses state-of-the-art facilities capable of executing large and critical assignments with all support services and modern amenities. The facilities such as in-house training centre, regular boot camps, digital labs for computer forensics & research and development-driven customized solutions are framed to bestow an ideal environment to fabricate innovation. Besides, Pristine has recently initiated and set up a feedback loop with different Anti-malware organizations to proactively share and report details about the abusive domain and different malwares. \"From finding 0Day vulnerabilities to exploit writing, Pristine is playing a major role in making the digital world secure,\" adds Rizwan. Rizwan believes that work culture plays a crucial role in the motivation and innovation aspects of any organization. Thus, the organization-wide policies and procedures outlined in Pristine is the showstopper to increase retention rate and transform the crew into highly qualified team that is customer-focused and obsessed with excellence which is effectuated through industry-leading benefits and career development programs. \"We want our employee\'s personal life to be as rewarding as their career. Hence, we offer many programs to help support a happy balance between work and life,\" adds Rizwan. Recognizing security researchers who practice and execute responsible disclosure, Pristine has designed an in-house Bug Bounty kind of program which motivates employees to find bugs and loop holes. The program provides recognition and compensation to security researchers practicing reasonable disclosure. Alongside, Pristine also provides training to the technical staff guiding them to work on concepts for keeping the IT environment safe. The strategy of the training mainly revolves around ethical hacking and stabilizes the technical staffs to secure their territories. Road map Ahead As the security threats have broken their boundaries and made their footfall into the government departments and ministries websites in India, things have become more crucial. Defense system is claimed to witness increasing threats in turn questioning the security of the whole nation. Understanding the need of the hour, Pristine intends to set up the biggest Hacking Center of India in Delhi aspiring to mitigate the hacking threat and strengthen the security of not just one department but the nation at large. Panel Services/Solutions Information Security, Cyber Crime Investigation and Cyber law consulting Key Management Rizwan Shaikh- Founder & CTO Rizwan Shaikh is a well-recognized IT security professional is also known for his ethical hacking expertise. Being a one of the India\'s renowned Ethical Hacker, Information Security Researcher and Cyber Crime Consultant, Rizwan is actively involved in providing Ethical Hacking and Information Security training and services and has delivered numerous workshops, seminars, talks and trainings in colleges, companies, industry meets, government conferences and on the like places. Achievements/Recognition 1.Reported Vulnerabilities on Indian Railways website 2.Provided IT Security advice to Indian govt. Defense Cyber Space for Infrastructure security ClientsTCS, Indian Railways OfficesMumbai (HQ), Ahmedabad, Delhi Websitepristineinfosolutions.com, rizwanonline.com