"Private cloud offers an elegant option to enterprises to keep their data in a secured environment"

Use and Implementation of Cloud in business
Being a Telecom Service Provider, MTS India encourages Cloud based business where Cloud adoption leads to higher data consumption in enterprises, SMB units and by individuals on mobile or tethered devices. MTS has infrastructure to support Cloud based applications for its customers where they can access the relevant application/ information anywhere on MTS Network, as they would access on their work desk. Given the criticality of data security and privacy of data, private cloud offers an elegant option to enterprises to keep their data in a secured environment.

Building an effective DLP program
Data Loss Prevention or DLP is relative to the organization’s need to have security for its data. The value of Data varies from one organization to another and so is the need to prevent any loss. Operational value of DLP can be determined from avoidance of data loss. In case of events resulting in magnitude of loss, company bears an account of regulatory penalties or brand value loss equates to operational value derived through DLP.

Ensuring Social Media as an asset for business
Social Media is harnessed internally in our organization through an in-house developed social media platform which is actively used by our Marketing and Sales team across geographies. We use Social CRM to enhance interaction with existing and potential customers of MTS services. Used judicially, it helps in fine-tuning our products and services that is in-line with our customer current/potential requirement. We do have stringent process to avoid data leakage and confidential information being compromised through this medium.

Maximizing the cost efficiency for information security
The industry benchmarks and experience helps in justifying the investment in the information security endeavors. This is primarily looked upon as risk mitigation exercise to protect organization against information theft, frauds, hacking and misuse of data that has potential to adversely impact operations, revenue, compliances or brand value of the company.

Mobile devices to minimize threat, loss and risk
MDM (Mobile Device Management) is one of the popular solutions that helps in minimizing overall risk for usage of mobile based applications. This enables BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) model of working, and facilitates personal and official data to be delinked and managed in separate containers, thereby meeting both the information security compliance objectives of the organization, as well as aspiration of the digital native workers. Additionally, it allows control of the mobile device and its content by systems administrator through central console, which reduces risk of data loss in event of loss or theft of device as well as the same can be wiped out from backend if such need arises.