Program alumni reportedly become instrumental in a pool of ethical defence-testing hackers tasked with fixing the weakness of organizational systems in case of large cyberattacks.
The program was founded by Rajshekhar Murthy,[1] under a non-profit section 25 company, 'Information Sharing and Analysis Center', supported by the highly specialised technical intelligence agency NTRO, run under the Government of India.
This is more so because information security is a domain where individuals have the skills, not companies, to move from one firm to another regularly.. NSD is officially endorsed by the multiple Indian Government organisations, such as CERT-IN and NTRO, for the stated National objectives with recognition of the foundation and declared support for the work being done.
The National Security Database program has the following speciality domains under which professionals can apply for empanelment: In a quote with Outlook magazine, the director of ISAC, Rajshekhar Murthy, stated[6] that it is necessary to have people who are not only competent, but also have a high degree of trustworthiness and integrity.
"The selection process will involve examination of references, technical skills, criminal history, and even psychological assessment to generate a credit report for security clearance".