Mumbai: Netskope, a provider of security and networking for cloud and AI, has officially introduced its NewEdge management plane in India. This move extends Netskope’s existing NewEdge Network infrastructure of eight data centres across India.
And will further support India-based organisations using the Netskope One platform. The latest deployment, the company said will enabled organisations and businesses to meet the data sovereignty and compliance requirements, under the new Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA).
The new act also, includes provisions applying to Significant Data Fiduciaries, and sector-specific frameworks such as the RBI’s IT and security requirements, and SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framework (CSCRF).
The DPDPA introduces stricter data protection rules and penalties, and together with other sector-specific frameworks, maintains the need for some organisations, especially in government and critical infrastructure, to host and process certain categories of data strictly within India.
As Indian organisations strengthen their security and data protection capabilities to comply with such regulatory requirements, they increasingly require vendors to enable local data residency and data and digital sovereignty. The availability of a Netskope management plane in India helps local Netskope customers meet these requirements moving forward.
Netskope’s global NewEdge infrastructure is a private network of more than 120 data centres, ranked 12th in the world in terms of Internet Exchange participation. As part of that infrastructure, Netskope’s full compute data planes across India, offering all Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) services, help to ensure that users’ traffic is optimised and secure, while the management plane governs the administration of Netskope services.
The management plane hosts customers’ policies and users’ configurations, as well as sensitive metadata and logs. In equipping its local infrastructure with this orchestration layer, Netskope enables local data residency for Indian organisations with a fully sovereign SASE platform that keeps all underlying security operations and data within India.
Organisations can also apply hybrid policies tailored to different categories of data, enforcing residency or allowing cross-border data transfers based on the organisation’s needs.
“The availability of a management plane in India is crucial for us, as it gives us flexibility to define exactly how and where our data is handled. Data residency and sovereignty are increasingly important topics, especially in a context of rapid AI adoption and data sprawl,” said Nageshwaram C, TVS Motors‘ CISO.
“Having Netskope handle the compliance heavy-lifting gives us peace of mind regarding the DPDPA, letting us focus on other aspects of our security program while other organisations are stuck adjusting or even rearchitecting their security and data protection frameworks,” added Nageshwaram.
“The addition of a management plane in India was essential for us to meet the increased data residency and sovereignty requirements sought by the fast-growing volume of Indian organisations using the Netskope platform, not only in the context of DPDPA compliance, but also amidst increased geopolitical turmoil and cybersecurity risk,” said Ajay Gupta, Netskope’s VP and Country Manager SAARC
Netskope brings NewEdge management plane to India
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