The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is likely to set up a corporate arm to commercialise its technologies.
S. Ramakrishnan, C-DAC’s director-general, said on Thursday that commercialisation has become critical. "The government is planning to allow us to have a corporate arm, but it is still under process."
On new developments at C-DAC, Ramakrishnan said, "We have developed a series of softwares which tackle various cyber problems. Cyber security and forensics has become an important area for us."
C-DAC established a Resource Centre for Cyber Forensics (RCCF) in Thiruvanathapuram in August this year. The RCCF carries out R&D in cyber forensics to meet the requirements of law enforcement agencies, develops cyber forensics tool kits, and provides technical services and training to such agencies.
"The RCCF has developed a package of 10 softwares that deal with issues such as digital evidence seizure and acquisition, digital evidence recovery and analysis, tracing e-mails, analysis of log files and Windows events, PDA analysis, SIM card analysis, call tracking, etc," Ramakrishnan said, "The idea is to develop indigenous tools to combat cyber crimes and to be able to use digital evidence in court."
C-DAC has sold these software modules such as CyberCheck II, a digital evidence recovery and analysis tool, to foreign governments such as Mauritius. "The Saudi Arabian government has approached us to set up a forensics labs in that country. Talks are in progress," Ramakrishnan said. In India, law enforcement agencies such as police, CBI and the intelligence agencies are already using C-DAC software.
According to him, the global slowdown has not impacted the company’s revenue flow. “In most developed markets telcos have recorded 30-25% growth in data and messaging services. Though their voice revenue are coming down, we have not felt the impact so far,” he said.”
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