Representatives of IIT Bhubaneswar and Whizhack Technologies Private Limited after signing the MoU. File photo
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar has signed an MoU with Gurgaon-based Whizhack Technologies Private Limited in the field of cyber security.
"This association will help in establishing a research and development ecosystem at IIT Bhubaneswar for Cyber Security products and solutions, skilling and knowledge transfer, laboratory development and establishing Cyber Security Center of Excellence," IIT Bhubaneswar said in a media release.
On behalf of IIT Bhubaneswar, Prof Dinakar Pasla, dean of Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy (SRIC) and on behalf of Whizhack Technologies, Kaushik Ray, co-founder and chief operating officer, signed the MoU.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof Dinakar Pasla said that the strategic collaboration with Whizhack Technologies will promote National Cyber Security Mission towards developing indigenous cyber defence solutions for various safety-critical infrastructure and application platforms. “A center of excellence will be established in the area of cber-physical Systems Security at IIT Bhubaneswar that will pursue research and development, training and knowledge transfer in Cyber security, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain”, he added.
Kaushik Ray from Whizhack Technologies said: “This centre of excellence will be set up for the purpose of advancing scientific and technological products and services IPs for protecting assets of India’s strategic importance like Government infrastructure and Enterprises”.