Mr. Santosh Kumar, CEO Of Group Cyber ID Technology (GCID)
                     Mr. Santosh Kumar, CEO Of Group Cyber ID Technology 
 (GCID)
CEO Of Group Cyber ID Technology (GCID) and Building Communities 
Initiative (BCI),  co-founder of Geekonomy and Geek Studio, and a Partner in 
NYX Lounge Cafe.
“As for the population, there’s an increase in crime too. There are lots of 
different types  of crime and nearly everyone will experience a crime at 
some point in their lives. With  the help of Cyber Security, it can ultimately 
support the Crime branches and corporate  networks. GCID is offering 
different kinds of services to their customers, which is a great  help for the 
society (forensic helps in the scientific methods and techniques to the
investigation of crime)”.
ABOUT COMPANY
Group Cyber ID Technology Pvt. Ltd., a private organization was established 
under  section 8 of the Companies Act in 2018. They provide services right 
from digital  forensic, cyber armour, auditing and assessment to quality 
management systems that  meets or exceed internationally-recognized 
standards and best practices in Homeland
Security services, Crime Scene Investigation, Fingerprinting, Questioned 
Documents  Analysis, digital security, eDiscovery, and Cyber 
Defence.Group Cyber ID is the only  company in India to be listed in the 
top 10 Cyber Security companies in Asia Pacific.  They empower 
organizations to efficiently hunt threats with unique expertise and  provide 
cyber security as well as digital forensic solutions. GCID helps in 
strategizing,
defining, and aligning specific security features keeping in mind the 
imperative qualities  of an organization.Mr. Santosh has his feet at 
Geekonomy too. They provide Branding  services, Website services, 
Marketing services, and Application services, from  marketing clients’ 
products to creating a timeless brand image. At Geekonomy, they  believe 
that in today’s world, digital marketing is a way of life. Their mission 
extends  beyond simply increasing marketing performance. They use 
provocative insights and
learning to help brands challenge the “normal” and evolve their marketing 
to the next  level. Geekonomy is now extending its services as Geek 
Studio in Dubai.
LEADING LIGHT & HIS ACHIEVEMENTS
Mr. K. S. Santosh Kumar completed his CEH, CHFI, ACE, CCNA, and MCP and 
is the  CEO of Group Cyber ID Technology (GCID) and Building Communities 
Initiative (BCI),  co-founder of Geekonomy and Geek Studio and a Partner 
in: NYX Lounge Cafe.He is  involved in Cybercrime and Forensic 
Investigations and donned many hats over a
19-year career in a wide range of domains such as Digital Security 
Solutions, DATA  Centre Solutions, Mobile Data Forensic, Network 
Forensics, Audio, Video Forensic,
Server Forensic, and Data Centre Security. Worked with Fortune 500 clients 
and other  global organizations that have provided expert guidance on the 
development and
implementation of business processes, quality management systems, 
and best  practices in Digital Security, e-Discovery, Cyber Defence, 
Homeland Security, and  Anti-Terrorism services.
His laurels are featured in:
Deccan Herald, (https://lnkd.in/deMh-qYc). Times of India, The NEW 
INDIAN
EXPRESS, THE ECONOMIC TIMES for Bengaluru Police, DECCAN 
Chronicle for
Bengaluru cops, Bangalore Mirror for Crime mapping and 15 Hoysalas, 
CIOL Bureau  for Dell.
ABOUT CLIENTS
GCID’s clientele base is majorly the government sector which includes the 
state police  departments, the revenue departments such as GST, Income 
tax Investigation agencies  like ED, NIA, ACB, and other corporates, 
Individuals, Universities, etc.Their clients are  Government Sector: Bangalore 
City Police, Karnataka State Police, Kerala Police,
Andhra Pradesh Police, NIMHANS, News9, VIT, Assam Police, Telangana state 
Police,  National Investigation Agency, PMO, Traffic Police Bangalore city, 
Tamil Nadu Police,  State, and Central GST Department, Income Tax 
Department, ED, NIA, Corporate  companies, Private Individuals, 
Universities, Advocates.
COMPARISON WITH OTHERS
‘Cybersecurity is not only limited to monitoring of the network but it means 
being  equipped with a digital forensic set up as a part of all the enterprises.’ 
GCID is  constantly focused on adding technological enhancements to its 
array of solutions and  delivering them to multiple organizations across the 
world. The company plans to  expand its reach to the markets of Israel and 
Dubai with a more established presence in  other cities in India. Additionally, 
the GCID team comprises experts from all domains of  Forensic Science and 
Law, which not only work alongside and aids Police officials but  also provides 
court standard reports to ensure the conviction of criminals.
COMPANY GOAL
The main goal is to rapidly grow within the country and the GCID experts 
are trained to  provide surreptitious information in forensic investigations 
such as bribery, terrorism,
indecent images, murder cases, rape cases, and drug-related cases. As 
mentioned  before the company plans to expand its reach to the markets of 
Israel and Dubai with a  more established presence in other cities in India.
CHALLENGES FACED DURING COVID
There were a few challenges GCID faced like monitoring and maintaining 
team health  etc. They had to reorganize and create new strategies to 
overcome these issues but  with the help of team effort and support, they 
made the best out of the lockdown. The  other challenges GCID faced were 
the limited resources available, including working  with a reduced number 
of staff as social distancing practices were strictly followed.
TECHNOLOGIES & THEIR IMPACT
Micro-moments are reinventing and changing modern business procedures, 
especially  as technology manages customers’ unparalleled power to define 
the rules in acquiring  products and services. There are two kinds of 
customers – those that will absolutely  embrace the ability to better 
understand a product or service using technology tools,  and those that 
want a much simpler and more direct purchase journey. Selecting the
right technology, at the right point is critical for ensuring that 
customers are not  necessarily overwhelmed by the tech ‘push’.
BIGGEST OBSTACLES & CUSTOMER’S  
EXPERIENCE
GCID services are mostly related to digital forensics and cyber security 
domain; without  the device or proper information, they can’t provide the 
final result. Sometimes they face  issues like Insufficient response from 
customers, poor awareness about forensics, and  brand trust being aligned 
around understanding and meeting customer expectations,  setting up a 
consistent customer experience across all channels, gaining buy-in for
investing more heavily in existing customer experience initiatives, and more. 
Too tied to  a traditional, department-driven approach Customer data 
security and making sense of  data from multiple sources are both 
considered to be significant challenges to delivering  on customer 
experience.
REWARDING THING ABOUT THE INDUSTRY
The main goal of digital forensics is to extract data from electronic 
evidence, process it  into actionable intelligence, and present the findings 
for prosecution. All processes  utilize sound forensic techniques to ensure 
the findings are admissible in court. Which  later helps the law enforcement 
agency to find the culprit and other loopholes in the
Case. As a forensic scientist, GCID’s work plays an important role in 
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arrive at a relevant conclusion  about a crime.
1. Conduct a cybersecurity risk assessment at regular intervals.
2. Establish network access controls and monitoring.
3. Implement firewalls and antivirus software.
4. Create a patch management schedule.
5. Employees should be aware of cybersecurity principles. They must 
know the  various types of cyberattacks and ways to tackle them.
6. Regularly back up your data. According to many security professionals, 
it is ideal  to have three copies of your data on two different media 
types and another copy  in an off-site location (cloud storage). Hence, 
even in the course of a cyber  attack, you can erase your system’s 
data and restore it with a recently performed  backup.
7. Update both your operating system and applications regularly. This is a 
primary  prevention method for any cyber attack. This will remove 
vulnerabilities that  hackers tend to exploit. Use trusted and legitimate 
Anti-virus protection software.
8. Scrutinise the emails you receive for loopholes and significant errors.
9. Set up In-House incident response teams to handle the cybercrime 
incident and  secure the network breach efficiently, to avoid further 
damage.
10.Regular training and awareness programs with respect to these 
cyber attacks,  their consequences, and the individual liability of 
every employee.
11.Have a standby forensic and legal team to investigate the cyber 
attacks that have  already taken place and provided necessary legal 
assistance.
FUTURE ENDEAVORS
GCID’s short-term goal is to expand the team for in-house cyber security 
training and  Strengthen customer service and they want to develop new 
customers. Their Target  aims to create an equitable and inclusive 
workforce and workplace. Also, they are  planning to start multiple training 
centers and state-of-the-art forensic labs around the  country, where 
anyone can work on the most demanded forensic tools and get more  
quality hands-on experience.
ADVICE TO THE READERS
Cyber Security issues not only stem from outside sources, but also from 
inside the  organization. It’s significantly riskier if the attack is carried out 
by an organization’s  employees as the threat is oftentimes unexpected 
or unknown. So, any organization  should have in-depth security, built for 
these issues to have their insider threat  monitored.
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