ISB Hyd inks MoU with Cyberabad police to strengthen cyber security

Hyderabad: The Indian School of Business (ISB) Institute of Data Science and the Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC) entered into an MoU at the ISB's Hyderabad campus on 12 January.

The two institutions will collaborate in the following areas:

· Joint collaborative research activities on cyber security in areas of mutual interest.

· Endeavour to collectively publish reports that inform policy practices in cyber security.

· Create projects for ISB's Advanced Management Programme in Business Analytics (AMPBA) students to work on as a part of their coursework.

· Strive to organise joint conferences and workshops to bring together academia, government, policy, and industry.

The MoU was signed by Kalmeshwar Shingenavar, IPS, DCP crimes, Cyberabad police, and Professor Manish Gangwar, executive director, ISB Institute of Data Science, in the presence of Professor Madan Pillutla, dean, ISB.

Kalmeshwar Shingenavar said after the pandemic, cyber crimes have become a major challenge not just for India but for all law enforcement agencies across the world. He hoped this partnership with ISB Institute of Data Science would help in better policy formulation and enforcement to prevent cybercrime instances.

Professor Manish Gangwar said, "I am glad that ISB Institute of Data Science is joining hands with Cyberabad police in its efforts to further strengthen cyber security through the use of state-of-the-art research in data science. This reflects ISB's mission of working closely with the government and society to contribute to the betterment of the community we live in."