With overseas clients increasingly getting edgy about data security and protection of privacy, Indian IT firms are now likely to be audited by an independent body covering all areas of operations.
The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom), India's premier IT industry umbrella group, plans to unveil security audit with certification for all its 860 member companies soon.
"We are talking to three big audit firms for developing the framework for technical as well as operational security audit of IT companies," said Nasscom vice-president Sunil Mehta.
"One of them will design the standard for audit. It should be finalised over the next 12 to 16 weeks," Mehta told IANS.
"Although many big IT firms follow stringent security audit on their own, the new framework that is being developed will serve as a global benchmark for the whole industry."