DriveIT Technologies: Optimize, Secure, Operate

CIO Vendor Rising threats, vulnerabilities and IT outages calls for a solid IT Security strategy. In a workfrom-home ecosystem or even in the office-environment itself; the vulnerability of the system remains lucrative as the security perimeters have extended beyond possibilities with anytime, anywhere access. Based out of Hyderabad, and established in 2013, DriveIT Technologies is one of the very few cyber security companies in India providing end-to-end customized cyber security solutions & services to the enterprises around the globe. DriveIT works towards enabling cyber security for its clients rather than just selling the solutions.

DriveIT pays close attention to its clients’ cyber security challenges and enables the optimal security control. “As a Cyber Security Enabler, our aim is to provide high quality IT Infrastructure Optimization, Security Assessment & Professional Learning Services in the IT Networking and IT Security Arena”, says Dwarkanath Sundar, Founder & CEO, DriveIT Technologies. Dwarkanath has close to two decades of rich IT experience including data networking, network security and technical operations in multi-vendor environment. He is known for technical proficiency and astute understanding of business operations, performance drivers across technical and management lines.

Dwarkanath holds a Master’s degree in Computer Applications along with various IT certifications including EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker, Checkpoint Certified Security Administrator (CCSA), Checkpoint Certified Security Expert (CCSE), Cisco Certified Systems Instructor (CCSI # 35409), Certified Network Associate (CCNA), CCNA Security, Cisco SNAF, Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP – SWITCH) and trainings that include Riverbed WAN optimization, Cisco Wireless, SPLUNK.

Four Pillars
DriveIT Technologies offers Cyber Security as a Service. The firm assists clients to keep their IT infrastructure and business applications Optimized & Secure and let them Operate without any unexpected outages. The portfolio includes Professional Services, Training as a service, Cyber SoC as
a Service, and CTI as a Service. Professional services comprise Value Added Reseller, IT Security Assessments, IT Compliance & GRC Services, IT infrastructure architecture & deployments. DriveIT has partnered with Unisys, one of the global cyber security leaders, as their value-added reseller for the cyber security product STEALTH.

As part of the Training as a Service offering, DriveIT facilitates certified IT trainings to enterprises across India and the globe. The firm assists its clients to plan and seamlessly execute the employee training initiatives. Moreover, DriveIT enables its clients’ workforce with the latest technologies by training them on various OEM products. DriveIT has also partnered with CompTIA, world's largest vendor neutral IT skill credentialing body to provide authorized CompTIA training and certification programs to clients’ workforce.

DriveIT’s Cyber SoC is related to the people, processes and technologies that provide situational awareness through the detection, containment, and remediation of cyber threats. “We will handle, on behalf of an enterprise, any threatening cyber security incident, and will ensure that it is properly identified, analyzed, communicated, investigated and reported”, adds Dwarkanath.

Cyber Threat Intelligence as a service is based on the collection of intelligence using open source intelligence (OSINT), social media intelligence (SOCMINT), human Intelligence (HUMINT), technical intelligence or intelligence from the deep and dark web. DriveIT provides the CTI to clients on a proactive basis to mitigate any cyber threats before it happens.

These 4 services are delivered while being mounted on few crucial values of DriveIT; which are Excellence, Efficiency, Ethics, Innovation, Loyalty, Passion, and Social Responsibility. DriveIT has registered great success stories across the globe. This Cyber Security enabler optimized the web application firewall for a federal agency in the UAE. The client had procured the web application firewall to protect some of their web applications published to the internet, however the challenge was to fine tune it and use it optimally. DriveIT team of experts understood the challenge and the pain area. The web application firewall was fine-tuned, optimized and handed over to the client within 3 days.

DriveIT Technologies confidently looks ahead to win the trusts of more clients and drive more awareness via strategic partnerships with OEMs.