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July 25, 2008: HIMIS based workshop @ Chennai, India a huge success

First Legion and DNV AS, India jointly organized an Information Security Workshop based on HIMIS in Chennai, India on July 25, 2008.  The workshop was titled “Protecting Business Secrets: What your employees must know”. The workshop was a huge success and had participants from Wipro, InfoSys BPR, Cognizant, Sify, some of the leading corporate organizations in India.

The participant feedback were as follows,

“Your training on “protecting business secrets” provided new thoughts and insights into Human side of Information security. The training showed us that our biggest assets (people) are the weakest link in Information security management.  The work shop showed that effectiveness of ISMS has Humans as common denominator. The inputs and knowledge shared during the training will surely help organizations to manage information better and safer. Congrats to you and the team once again for an impressive training.”

Balamurugan.K, InfoSys BPO, India

“TPP: Technology, Process and People. In most companies, Technology and Processes are cent percent compliant; It is the people or human factor, which is the weakest link. To thwart this vulnerable factor, let us act …………… now, or never. Excellent and interactive workshop by Mr. Anup (First Legion) & Mr. Venkatapathy (DNV), with practical day-to-day case studies and incidents. Hats off to them.”

Sivathanu Pillai, Senior Manager, Wipro, India

Feb 1, 2008: HIMIS presented at Information Security Round Table, Pune, India

Following the successful presentation of HIMIS in Mumbai, HIMIS was presented at the Pune Security Round Table. The event attracted 30 security managers from various verticals such as manufacturing, IT, ITeS and the Police. HIMIS was presented jointly by DNV and First Legion and generated an enthusiastic response by the audience simulating an interactive discussion on human related information security threats. The event spilled over into extra time motivated by diverse and enthusiastic debates on the human factor in information security.

Dec 1, 2007: HIMIS presented at Information Security Round Table, Mumbai, India

HIMIS was presented at the Mumbai Security Round Table jointly conducted by First Legion Consulting and DNV (Det Norske Veritas), India. The event was attended by security managers from Vodafone, Wipro BPO Services, NSDL, CSDL, Infosys, Siemens etc. to name a few. Mr. Krishna Kumar (Director - Middle East and India, DNV) and Mr. Anup Narayanan (CEO, First Legion) presented HIMIS to the audience. Audience response ranged from - “Yes, we want to implement this!” to “This is what the information security management space is looking for?”

June, 2007: First Legion signs agreement with DNV AS, India to promote HIMIS

First Legion and DNV (Det Norske Veritas), India signed a 3-year partnership to promote and deliver HIMIS (Human Impact Management - Information Security), a management system for enabling responsible information security culture. HIMIS is aimed at organizations that are keen to optimize human attitude towards information security, especially in the wake of recent information security incidents that are perpetuated by poor security practices by workforce.

Krishna Kumar (Director, India & Middle East, DNV) & Anup Narayanan (CEO, First Legion) after signing the HIMIS agreement

The conformance assessment model shall be developed by DNV AS, India to keep the implementation of HIMIS independent of the verification process. This shall be of huge value to customers that require an independent verification of HIMIS implementation.