Centre of Excellence

The Centre of Excellence - Cyber Security, previously known as Cyber Defense Centre of NFSU is the first-ever ISO/IEC 27001 Certified Laboratory in India with the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) Accreditation. The Centre has been notified as the “Examiner of Electronic Evidences” under 79(a) section of IT Act 2000 by Ministry of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) with reference to gadget notification no:3390 dated August 8, 2023.

The CoE - Cyber Security is a unique setup where cutting-edge tools and technologies are integrated on a single platform to provide teaching, training, consultancy and research facilities. In addition to Information Communication Technology (ICT), two important Cyber verticals - Operational Technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) are recently integrated on the existing platform. With this future-proof unique setup, training, research and consultancy activities have significantly taken the upward trend and the entire Cybersecurity Infrastructure at the CoE - Cyber Security has been brought under the single roof of Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security.

At CoE - Cyber Security, while students of higher education are given practical hands-on training, it also offers a wide range of special training to government officers, police and cyber security experts from more than 70 countries. Besides the coveted certification for the CoE - Cyber Security, faculty members have been trained and certified as ISO / IEC 17025 who are providing advanced Cyber-Forensic investigation support to some of the most prestigious organizations in India and abroad.

The vision of NFSU, CoE - Cyber Security is to expose scholars to all postures of Cyber Security that is, Offensive, Defensive, and Active Defence in a simulated Lab environment and train future Cyber Security Leaders who can contribute effectively towards the Cyber security capacity building of India. In this direction the University is focusing on four main areas, that is, advanced Lab work for students, Research & Development, Training and Consultancy services in the niche areas of Cyber Security.

With the involvement of faculty and scholars, the CoE - Cyber Security has translated some cutting-edge research work into functional products. Cyber Kiosk and Mobile OT Audit kits are some of the popular products that have been developed under the theme of “Atma Nirbhar Bharat” with an ultimate objective of securing national ICT and Industry Infrastructure with indigenously developed Cyber-Forensic tools.

Digital migration is inevitable and so is the increase in Cyber-attack surface from traditional Corporate environment to Industrial Control System (ICS). This entails full- proof Cyber security framework for Critical National Infrastructure and sensitive ICT assets. A complete test bed with 360-degree view on ICT and OT Infrastructure has been built to secure the sensitive and critical CNIs.

Certifications (One Week Duration)

• Cyber Range Exercise (Red Team versus Blue Team)
• Certified Security Operations Centre (SOC) Analyst
• Certified Pen Tester for Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing
• Certified System and Network Auditor
• Certified Web Application Auditor
• Certified Network Security Analyst
• Certified Incident Response and Management Professional
• Cyber Crime Investigation Techniques (First Responders Roles & Responsibilities)
• Certified Digital Forensic Analyst
• Certified Computer Forensic Analyst
• Certified Mobile Forensic Analyst
• Certified Network Forensics Analyst
• Search and Seizure of Digital Evidence and Crime Scene Management
• Investigation through Open Source Intelligence
• Computer and Mobile Forensics

Services Offered

Cyber Security as-a-Service

• Penetration Testing
• Network Vulnerability Assessment
• Infrastructure and System Hardening
• Cyber Security Governance and Compliance
• End-Point Security

SCADA/OT Security as-a-Service

• Security Audit and Assessment
• Industrial Malware Detection and Analysis
• Intelligent Security Operation Center

Secure Software Engineering

• Application Security Software Development Life-Cycle Assurance
• Application Security Review and Threat Modeling
• Secure Coding Configuration Review & Application Security Testing
• Application Security Risk Assessment

SOC as-a-Service

• Real Time Security Monitoring
• End-Point Protection Solution
• Cyber Threat Identification & Alerting Services
• Patch Management
• Vulnerability Management
• Cyber Emergency Response Services
• Malware Detection & Analysis
• Compliance Monitoring

Digital Forensics as-a-Service

• Forensic Data Collection
• Computer Forensics
• Mobile Forensics
• Network Forensics
• Live Forensics
• Malware Detection and Analysis

Training and Capacity Building

Research & Development

Advance Cyber Kiosk

In today’s digital age, people are connected to the internet through electronic devices such as mobiles, laptops, desktops, etc. With day to day activities on the internet, many times various types of viruses and malicious applications are installed on the user’s device and their personal information is compromised, so they become victims of various cyber frauds.

The Advance Cyber Kiosk has a built-in application that scans the mobile device and detects infection of malware and generates reports. The user can easily exercise the option of removing malware through an interactive user interface on the screen.