AKS Information Technology Services (AKS IT) is one of the most reliable & trusted cyber security company in India. It is an ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 27001:2013 compliant mid-sized Indian Company. It provides Consultancy, Auditing, Compliance to various regulatory and security standards, computer Forensics and Training services. In cyber security product segment, it has developed AKS Forensic Workstation and DDoS mitigation solution, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Anti Bot solution, Link Load Balancer, Server Load Balancer, DNS Security solution in all the three platforms, Appliance based, on VM and Multi-Cloud Security as a Service. It is also the premier ‘Innovation Hub’ in Cyber Security which is spearheading the best in-class technological products for Domestic & Global markets. The company has been at the forefront of delivering excellence in the domain of Information Security products and services ever since it was established in 2006.
AKS IT is an all-in-one Security Service provider which covers all the aspects of enterprise security including mobile apps and website audits, network audit, ICS audit, Telecom audit, Banks audit as per RBI requirements, SOC 1 & SOC 2 audit, Computer forensics, setting up and managing security operations center (SoC) for providing real-time monitoring and management, emergency response and round-the-clock protection against any cyber-attack. Backed by its comprehensive cyber security training program, AKS IT educates its customers while also implementing and enforcing security and auditing IT infrastructure.
The company’s customers span across various industry sectors from IT, BFSI, Telecom, Transport, Manufacturing and the Government, both in India and abroad.
About CEO:
Anshul Saxena, an alumnus of Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology (NSIT) Delhi and Georgia Institute of Technology, USA has worked in Microsoft and Amazon.com. He has eleven years of work experience in Software Development and Cyber Security. Came back to India on our Prime Minister’s call given in NASSCOM’s Silver Jubilee -2015
“क्या मेरे हिंदुस्तान का नौजवान, दुनिया को चैन की नींद सोने के लिए, साइबर सिक्यूरिटी के लिए, फुलप्रूफ इनोवेशन लेकर आ सकता है क्या?”
– भारत के प्रधान मंत्री
श्री नरेंद्र मोदी
Innovated DDoS mitigation technology which is patented in India (Patent No. 353365). Received National Technology Award 2020 by the Government of India, Most Innovative Micro Enterprise Award by The Economic Times and many more. The tenets of strategies incorporated by Anshul are Uncompromised Quality of service, Innovation, Good Ethical values and healthy culture.
What was your inspiration behind venturing into Cyber Security niche?
I was very keen in Cyber Security domain and did my MS in Information Security from Georgia Tech, USA and joined the family business, AKS IT Services, founded by my parents.
What are the USPs that highlight your brand/company as a leading name in Cyber Security Industry?
The most important thing, we believe in is building Trust. This was achieved by providing Quality services & quality products and being available 24×7 for providing any support. AKS has achieved the utmost loyalty from our clients and successfully undertaken application security audits of more than 12000 applications. Our customer-centric approach and focus on quality has helped us to beat the competition.
What are the immersive benefits of the services/solutions that you provide to your clients?
Our services/ solutions provide security against various types of cyber-attacks which assures clients to continue their core business without bothering about cyber-attacks. Cyber-attacks increased many folds during the last two years due to pandemic and work from home. Attack on websites, Ransomware attack, DDoS attacks became very common. Even before these attacks came into mainstream, AKS IT had predicted and developed DDoS mitigation solution, Web Application Firewall. AKS Forensic Workstation was effectively utilized by Law Enforcement Agencies for investigation of Cyber Crime cases. AKS IT continues to invest in research & indigenous development of Cyber Security Products for our customers. Backed by our services, our company wants to become one-stop security partner to our customers.
What were the initial challenges after venturing into the field of Cyber Security and what are the challenges now?
Initial challenges were mainly capital infusion. Even banks were reluctant to give funding. There was a lack of awareness in understanding cyber threats and vulnerabilities in the system. We started conducting training for our clients to make them aware of the importance of cyber security. Present challenges are getting skilled resources and delay in payment realization.
Being an experienced leader, share with us your opinion on how Cyber Security is crucial today, and what advancements can we expect in the future?
Information technology has penetrated in all verticals for ease of doing business, automation, faster communication, and quick access of data. This has necessitated the need of Cyber Security for safeguarding Critical Information Infrastructure, Data and personal information. Nowadays, data breaches, online data/info/records heists, identity thefts, accounts hijacking, hacktivism, website defacements, DDoS attacks, ransomware, malware attacks and other social media attacks are common. Cloud services are also being used by attackers e.g., Ransomware as a Service (RAAS).
Advancement in future is automation of attacks, automatic defense mechanism and majority of data would be in Cloud. This will also be the preferred way of fighting War, known as ‘Cyber War’. As evident in the current war between Russia and Ukraine, cyber attacks are also being carried out from both the sides and DDoS attack is used as a deadly cyber weapon.
What would be your advice to the aspirants who are willing to venture into the field of Cyber Security services?
“Cyber Security is a serious business. Knowledge in the Cyber security domain and quality of service/product are paramount for the success. There are no shortcuts in ensuring cybersecurity; minor slippage may lead to a disaster. In security, no one recognizes you for the 99/100 attacks you mitigate. They only blame you for 1/100 attack you couldn’t mitigate. That is why one has to give his 200% to hit 100/100 every single time.”
Where do you envision AKS IT eventually, and what are your future goals? How do you plan to embrace the changes happening in your industry?
The AKS IT Group today consists of AKS IT Services, Haltdos.com and, AKS Institute of Cyber Technology. While AKS IT Services is committed to providing Cyber Security services to mitigate current and futuristic Cyber risk, Haltdos.com aims at innovating and developing AI-based cyber security solutions to protect IT/OT/IOT Infra against current and futuristic threats. On the other hand, AKS Institute of Cyber Technology bolsters our three-dimensional approach by providing training on new attack surfaces created by advancement in technology, policy/practices needed to mitigate the cyber risk and how to investigate high-tech crimes.
The tri-pronged war on Cyber Threats thus extended by our group is backed by strong credentials in India. Confident, Positive and Determined, we are now expanding to other geographical locations where our visions, products and services will be needed.
What is your opinion on ‘Safest ways to ensure data integrity’?
Data Integrity means data is not corrupted. This is presently being done by using Digital Signature and it’s safe until the private key not leaked out or shared.
It’s very difficult to ensure data integrity in social media where images are forged/morphed and text and voice can also be altered. It can only be done by social media service agencies like Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram etc by taking hash value of each message which can be used to find out any changes in the photograph/ video/ other media on any complaints.
Aces of AKS IT
Veteran Wg Cdr Ashish Kumar Saxena, the Founder & MD of AKS IT is B.Sc. Engineering (Electrical) from HBTI Kanpur and M.Tech. in Computer Technology from IIT Delhi, CISSP, CISA, MBCI and Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers; Ashish has been trained in Sweden, France and the USA with over 40 years of work experience.
Anshul Saxena, CEO, is a Bachelor of Engineering from Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology. He did MS in Information Security from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. He has eleven years of work experience in Software Development and Security.
Archana Saxena, Director HR & Admin, is one of the founding directors and looking after HR and Administration. She has more than 30 years of experience. She is also managing Akash Memorial Charitable Trust.
Vivek Verma, AVP Projects, is a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from IP University Delhi. He has more than 14 years of client management experience.
Rajesh Sharma, AVP Compliance & Forensics, is MBA, CISA & ISO 27001:2013 LA. He has more than 34 years of work experience.
Mukesh Saxena, AVP Finance, is Graduate in Commerce and having more than 16 years of work experience
Shreshta Mittal, Sr. Manager Projects, is Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and MBA IT. She has more than 10 years of work experience.
