Aamra Technologies to establish a state-of-the-art ‘Security Operation Center (SOC)’ at Sheikh Hasina Software & Technology Park in collaboration with PricewaterhouseCoopers(PwC) Bangladesh.
Sheikh Hasina Software & Technology Park is commonly known as Jashore High-Tech Park in Jashore on 4000 square feet area.
“Security Operation Center (SOC)” is a facility where enterprise information systems (web sites, applications, databases, data centres and servers, networks, desktops and other endpoints) are monitored, assessed and defended,” said a disclosure posted on the Dhaka bourse’s website on Monday.
SOC helps organisations in defending against the attacks by using predictive and proactive intelligence based approach, constant near real-time monitoring and analysis of payloads, network traffic and end points, together with on-demand forensics and automated investigations to provide complete threat visibility and efficient threat management across the business operation, according to the disclosure.
Considering the extensive data expansion of Bangladesh, Telcos, MNCs, Banks, Non-Banking Financial Institutions and other public and private organisations of Bangladesh are in need for advanced security operations centres, it said.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Bangladesh Private Limited (PWC) is global leader in cyber security consultancy and this strategic collaboration shall result in the construction of the first of this kind of SOC in Bangladesh.
It is expected that the SOC shall be finished and ready for business within next four months and initial investment to this project will be approx Tk 50 million, according to the disclosure.
Each share of the Aamra Technologies, which was listed on the Dhaka bourse in 2012, closed at Tk 31.10 on Sunday at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).
The company’s paid-up capital is Tk 553.69 million and authorised capital is Tk 1.0 billion while the total number of securities is 55.36 million.
The sponsor-directors own 30.01 per cent stake in the company, while the institutional investors own 30.12 per cent and the general public 39.77 per cent as on March 31, 2018, the DSE data shows.
