Panel Discussion: Best practices for business continuity planning for now and the future | Digital Technology Sabha 2021

Panelists in this video:
+ Balakrishna Sundar, IFS, Special Secretary, Department of ITE & Communication, Govt of Andhra Pradesh
+ Golok Kumar Simli, CTO, Passport Seva Programme, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
+ Dr BK Murthy, Senior Director, Scientist G & Group Head, MeitY, Government of India
+ Rishikesh Patankar, Vice President, CSC e-Governance Services India Limited & COO, CSC Academy, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India
+ Manish Israni, Executive Vice President & CIO, Yotta Infrastructure
+ Dipesh Kaura, General Manager, South Asia, Kaspersky
+ Vishwas Dass, Special Correspondent, Express Computer, Indian Express Group (Moderator)

Key Highlights:
+ BCP needs to be planned to run the systems efficiently: Manish Israni, Executive Vice President & CIO, Yotta Infrastructure

+ Infrastructure and workforce development will add on to build business resiliency: Golok Kumar Simli, CTO, Passport Seva Programme at Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

+ We are helping CIOs under the ‘Cyber Suraksha Bharat initiative’: Dr. BK Murthy, Senior Director, Scientist G & Group Head at MietY, Government of India

+ Tele-medicine transactions through CSEs were prominent and scalable during the lockdowns: Rishikesh Patankar, VP, CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd, & COO, CSC Academy at MeitY, Government of India

+ To ensure operational continuity given the constraints, IT was ensuring free movement of business across sectors: Balakrishna Sundar, IFS, Special Secretary, Department of ITE & Communication at Government of Andhra Pradesh

+ Cyberattacks can bring down business continuity planning: Dipesh Kaura, General Manager, South Asia, Kaspersky