The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is sparking the acceleration of digital transformation in the country. The major shift of corporations, customers & users to the online world is changing the way businesses are operated. With growing digitisation, businesses are facing severe challenges of cyber threats. Businesses are reimaging, rethinking and reinventing their strategies, products & services to create a culture of online safety & awareness.
Cybersecurity is more important than ever. The emerging cyber security breaches and threats have fuelled the growth of the cybersecurity market globally. According to statistica.com, the market is estimated to reach close to 290 billion rupees by 2025.
India is witnessing a significant rise in security startups and coming up with ground-breaking innovations, products & services to keep pace with the evolving technological landscape.
Cybersecurity startups are vital to enhancing the cybersecurity ecosystem. There is a dire need for the growth of security startups because of the ever-changing nature of cyber threats. Indian security startups are leveraging the opportunity of providing high-quality threat detection, prevention and preparation solutions to organisations and leading the country at the forefront of cybersecurity.
Security startups are at the centre of innovation! With the right support from cybersecurity startup incubation programs, startups can scale their products and gain global competitiveness to make India the leading hub of digital capabilities. Cybersecurity incubators equip startups with the right knowledge, tools & networks to recognise market dynamics, seize new opportunities and manage growth. Incubators play an important role to hone promising security startups by offering various resources and facilities.
Role of National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) Incubation Program in Supporting Security Startups
With a vision to make India a global reference for cyber security research, innovation, and entrepreneurship, the National Centre of Excellence offers a world-class cybersecurity startup incubation program with academia-industry connect.
NCoE is a joint initiative by the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) and Data Security Council of India (DSCI) to create future unicorns by accelerating the momentum of cybersecurity research & innovation through effective collaboration between the industry, academia & government. The cybersecurity incubator has incubated 33 startups and supporting 100 more with 27 mentors & 23 academic partners.
NCoE offers three types of incubations programs for startups, these are as follows:
- Security startups with an idea that need an incubation space.
- A program for entrepreneurs & aspiring founders with expertise but do not have any startup idea or office space.
- Startups with their own spaces but are seeking virtual support.
Cybersecurity startups can join the leading incubation program to leverage their well-suited physical infrastructure, mentor network, technical facilities and networking opportunities to skyrocket their growth & be successful.
Top Features of the Program
- Cover of DSCI & NASSCOM 10000 Start-ups
- Flagship events like Security Investors Conference, Security Education, Research & Innovation Conference, Roadshow on Cybersecurity R&D Capability in India to discuss latest trends and provide networking opportunities.
- Technology Lab Infra - Testing tools, Hardware IoT Security, 5G Security and more
- Physical Infra- Incubation, Data Centre, Research lab etc.
- National & International Visibility
- Key initiatives to boost learning & training among startups
- Specially Crafted Start-up Launch Pack
NCoE has also launched a range of utilities for cybersecurity startups, companies, researchers & enthusiasts to improve connectedness, collaboration, and intelligence.
Intelligent Graph: This tool helps security organisations to evaluate their connectedness
Github Search & Visualisation: It offers hundreds of open-source resources to scale product development.
Global Investment India: Helps to analyse, strengthen global investment intelligence in Indian ventures.
Cybersecurity Research Network of India: The utility fosters collaboration between academia, research & industry to unleash the power of collaboration to scale innovations.
National CoE cybersecurity incubation program offers the strategic capability to focus, scale, manage security startups and generate long-term growth & success in the cybersecurity ecosystem.
Know more: https://www.n-coe.in/
To apply to the program: https://www.f6s.com/virtualincubation/apply
For queries, contact ncoe@dsci.in
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