NASSCOM Urges Firms to Strengthen Cyber and Operational Resilience Amid West Asia Conflict
Summary
NASSCOM urged member companies to prepare for potential disruption linked to the West Asia conflict, recommending continuity planning, stronger access controls, vendor audits, DDoS readiness and offline immutable backups.
Key points
- NASSCOM says business operations are currently stable but urges companies with Middle East exposure to review contingency and business continuity plans.
- The advisory recommends rotating credentials, patching critical CVEs and enforcing MFA on external access, including VPN, RDP, SSH and cloud administration.
- It recommends conditional access controls to help counter token theft and adversary-in-the-middle attacks.
- Companies are advised to audit third-party vendors and coordinate with internet providers and cloud partners on DDoS mitigation.
- The advisory recommends offline, immutable backups for critical systems, including industrial control systems, operational technology, banking and healthcare infrastructure.
- Other recommendations include employee awareness training, remote-work arrangements for affected regions and limiting non-essential travel through the Middle East.
Article Details
- Event Type
- Industry advisory on operational and cybersecurity preparedness amid the West Asia conflict.
- Impact
- NASSCOM urged member companies to strengthen business continuity, employee safety, infrastructure resilience, access controls, vendor oversight, and readiness for potential cyberattacks and regional disruptions. The article reports that business operations are currently stable; no specific cyber incident or confirmed impact is described.
Industries
Bankingfor critical systems such as industrial control systems, operational technology environments, core banking platforms, and healthcare infrastructure.Critical infrastructureto an increase in coordinated cyber threats, disinformation campaigns, and attacks targeting critical infrastructure.Healthcaresuch as industrial control systems, operational technology environments, core banking platforms, and healthcare infrastructure.TechnologyIndia’s technology industry body NASSCOM has urged member companies to heighten vigilance and strengthen operational and cyber resilience amid the evolving West Asia conflict and its potential impact on the Middle East.