To reach the finish line amidst the fierce competition, IT organizations must dabble through the minefield crammed up cyber threats spawning abreast with dynamically changing trends, where newest technologies are capturing the hot seat from newer technologies frequently. As cyber criminals are creating more mines at full tilt to steal data, enterprises need blast-proof suits invented apace with technological evolution and more importantly, visibility through context-based solutions to ensure that they are running in the right track. Encompassing both these features is the next generation firewall suite of GajShield proudly made in India, which is comprised of a unique set of solutions such as context-based data leak prevention, cloud security for roaming users, application filtering and BYOD security among others. This Mumbai-based company stays one step ahead of its competitors by constantly innovating stronger shields that are quintessential to tackle the growing threats.

A Truly Customer-Driven Organization

GajShield’s proficiency in building easy-to-implement solutions is as much the selling point as its thirst for innovation. This customer-driven company lays immense emphasis on understanding & solving the challenges customers face while implementing security solutions. “We spent a year on the ground to thoroughly study customers’ pain points in the security world. And we figured out that a good solution must be easy to implement. Hence, we brought in object-oriented management technology into our product to ensure that even a very complex security solution of us would be very easy to implement,” recalls Sonit Jain, CEO, GajShield.

The anecdote behind the origin of its widely-appreciated context-based data leak prevention system defines what customer-driven truly means. One of GajShield’s customers wished to provide Facebook access to their employees and keep them updated with various latest technologies and similar information. But they were worried that it might lead to declining productivity, not to mention intentional/unintentional data leakage through web or applications, if employees started using internet for personal use. For them, GajShield built a context-based data leak prevention solution that understands applications like Facebook and Gmail, which limited these applications’ usages only for corporate purpose. “There are many applications and data leak solutions in the market. But the unique thing about our product is the context sensitivity we bring to data leak technology,” highlights Sonit.

The Next Generation Firewall Suite

Aside from network & context based data leak prevention, GajShield’s next generation firewall also contains a unique mixture of inimitable products providing cloud security, BYOD security and application filtering. In fact, it goes a step forward and ensures that its client’s confidential data is well-protected against the terrifying ransomware attacks, which are on the rise lately. Roaming employees are yet another challenge for enterprises, as they travel across unsafe networks and connect with them via free Wi-Fi and often introduce vulnerabilities when they come back to enterprise’s network. To encrust enterprises from intentional/unintentional data leaks that might spawn from roaming users, GajShield has invented a one-of-its-kind application for cloud security protection, which has been the need of the hour for its clients worldwide.

As most of the organizations allow their employees to bring their own devices nowadays, it is imperative for the security solutions to understand and identify these BYOD devices and apply policies accordingly. Accomplishing precisely this is GajShield’s BYOD Policy Creation feature, which enhances the UserSense engine in its popular DC Series to inspect, detect & monitor the traffic and control the devices being used by employees using appropriate policies. For example, enterprises can setup policies that deny access to critical servers in DMZ to BYOD devices as well as block uploads & risky applications from BYOD devices.

Compliant, Reliable & Highly-Available

Well versed with various regulations, GajShield has placed various tools akin to

PCI enabled reporting system inside its ICSA Lab certified product itself to help clients adhere to diverse regulations and compliances in their fields. Lying at the heart of client’s network, the product comes with a high availability solution that practically has zero down time, as GajShield takes care of all the network components that can fail. In the active-passive mode, the backup immediately takes over once the main system goes down while in the active-active form, clients can also use both the systems simultaneously to balance the load. “We help customers to implement security policies in their organization which are up to industry standards. We work on all levels to ensure that we bring in unique technology to provide proper support services, and that’s what the customers really like about our product,” reveals Sonit.

GajShield keeps its people’s knowledge up-to-date via standard training in technologies such as mobile, IoT & content data

Customers can adopt GajShield’s firewall on an annual subscription model (for one or three years as per their requirement) and avail solutions such as data leak prevention, anti-spam, content filtering solutions, IPS or application filtering, according to their need. Similarly, the company allows its clients to choose from various warranty models such as next day replacement policy, 24x7 support & services and so on.

“We always recommend high reliability & availability models and advanced replacement warranty for business-critical customers,” says Sonit. “We also have a knowledge-based system which clarifies clients about the best way to configure the product and other related news on internet security world. We have a complete gamut of solutions that helps customers utilize the product optimally to protect their network completely,” he further adds.

Educating Employees, Partners & Customers

GajShield conducts round-the-clock advanced training programs and certification programs for the technical team of its partners and customers to edify them on not just the various strategies to protect their applications & data using its solutions, but also the nuts and bolts of network security concept. “We help them learn the product in-and-out so they can best use it to enhance their enterprise’s security,” expounds Sonit. GajShield keeps its people’s knowledge up-to-date via standard training in technologies such as mobile, IoT & content data. This employee-centric company keeps its people on their toes with some unique programs that challenge them to present innovative ideas. Its quiz program, for instance, throws some real-life scenarios at them, which chisels their practical knowledge as well as keeps them abreast with latest trends & technologies.

Spreading the Wings

The new government prevalent in the U.S. is demanding the IT outsourcing solution providers to move up the value chain in order to survive. Being used by numerous leading enterprises inside and outside India, the company’s enterprise-ready solutions are built in a way that can be easily managed using GajShield’s satellite management systems. This brings a significant value to the organization who wants to pick a product in the market of U.S., Europe or even India. No wonder, GajShield anticipates a 40-50 percent growth over the previous year, as it is already standing ahead of the curve. The credit can also be attributed to its prowess in establishing strategic alliances by identifying the pain points in those markets. To illustrate, GajShield identified that the U.S. & European markets prefer service model over product model. Hence, it is tying up with certain security providers in those regions to render its offerings in Security as a Service model.

GajShield has spread its wings in almost all the major class A, B & C cities in SAARC and Middle East regions directly/indirectly through partner engagement & channel programs. With umpteen of channels coming aboard, the company intends to further infiltrate into the South American, African & South-East Asian markets along with the aforementioned regions by signing up partners & distributors. Keeping with the spirit, GajShield is fervently performing R&D in data security, mobile and IoT spaces to ensure that its solutions are future-ready. This bootstrapped company that has been profitable since its inception in 2002, might seek strategic investment in future to amplify its strategic strength. Banking on constant innovations, GajShield seems to have the perfect momentum to grow into a powerful force to be reckoned with.

Key management:
Sonit Jain, CEO

Working in IT field since 1993, Sonit garnered plentiful expertise by heading the technical team that built India World, India's first Web portal, which was sold to SIFY at $115 million and the first Indian site to implement Cyber cash-based billing in 1995. He has also been involved in Smart Card Project at IIT Mumbai. Under his leadership, GajShield has had accelerated growth and gained strong market acceptance for its Integrated security platforms.

Offices: Mumbai (Headquarter), Delhi, Bangalore & Kolkata along with channel partners & distributors worldwide

Solutions: Next Generation Firewall, Data Leak Prevention, Cloud Security, Proactive Security, Complete Visibility, Multi-Wan Management, Zero hour Protection & BYOD Security

Competition: GajShield heads on competes with Palo Alto Networks & Cisco in data leak prevention, while competing against SMEs akin to Fortinet, WatchGuard Technologies and SonicWall.

Awards & Certifications:

Company of the Year 2016 by siliconindia

20 Most Promising Cyber Security Company of 2016 by CIOReview

ICSA Award for Excellence in Information Security Testing, among others