CRIS Drives Technology Enablement At Indian Railways

INDIA HAS THE FOURTH longest railway network in the world; and Center for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), the ICT arm of Indian Railways has been the driving force to introduce slew of technological innovations as part of the government’s Digital India initiative. Securing this large ICT infrastructure is also one of the biggest responsibilities of CRIS. Express Computer finds out these new intiatives taken by the CRIS

Driving digital outlook for railways

The collaborative model of working ensures the delivery of cost-effective, sustainable and secure information systems. This autonomus body has been successful in using cutting-edge technologies in practical ways to ensure workable IT solutions for the Railways in many areas, and also ensuring the information security by regular security audits of these new digital services and projects, including such as development of ticketing on mobile phones, tracking of trains in real time through GPS, tracking of rolling stock using radio frequency identification (RFID), setting up a geospatial database for the Railways, and the setting up a state-of-the-art data centre to house the Railways’ IT system.

CRIS approach focuses on new ways of conducting business by combining IT innovation and adoption, while leveraging an organization's current IT assets. It works with the Indian Railways to conceive prudent technology and security strategies and build new services in today's dynamic digital environment. The firm believes by going digital it can unlock far more than currently utilized capacity of the available infrastructure.

Importance of secuirty audits