PwC India today announced the launch of its Connected Cybersecurity Solutions Centre (CCSC) in Bengaluru, a step further in the firm’s journey of building and securing the future of technology. Built around the theme “Securing the connected ecosystem,” the Centre is designed to help organisations defend smart factories, connected products, critical infrastructure and emerging technology environments against an increasingly sophisticated threat landscape.The CCSC houses two purpose-built zones — a Product Security Operations Centre (Product SOC) and a Hardware (Product) Testing Centre — that together replicate real-world environments across smart factory, EV charging, smart grid, drone, smart city and medical device use cases. Through interactive demos, accelerated proofs of concept, co-creation workshops and live attack-and-defence walkthroughs, clients can experience capabilities first-hand and seamlessly transition from demonstration to delivery.Commenting on the launch, Sanjeev Krishan, Chairperson, PwC in India said,“The way our clients build, operate and grow is being fundamentally redefined by technology — and so is the way we, at PwC, choose to show up for them. The Connected Cybersecurity Solutions Centre is more than a lab; it is a statement of intent. It reflects how deeply technology, engineering and innovation are now woven into the fabric of our firm — from the assets we build, to the platforms we run, to the way our people solve problems. As emerging technologies reshape every industry, we want our clients to see a firm that doesn’t just advise on transformation but lives it.”The Centre is powered by PwC’s proprietary suite of cyber accelerators, including Smart Product (IoT) Shield, Smart Factory (OT) Shield, the Technical Compliance Management System (TCMS), the Cyber Nerve Center (Fusion Centre), the Quantum & Crypto Service Platform, Digital Twin, Digital Assets (Blockchain) and Next-Gen Connectivity (5G) use cases. These solutions are unified by a common digital backbone of AI/ML, ELK, Edge Computing, Blockchain, PKI and Confidential Computing — enabling clients to stay secure across every stage of the product lifecycle, from R&D and design through production, after-sales and end-of-life.“Cybersecurity decisions today are made at the speed of business, and our clients need partners who can move with them — from boardroom strategy to a working proof of concept on the shop floor. The CCSC is built precisely for that. Clients can walk in with a problem and walk out having seen their use case demonstrated, tested and validated on real hardware, real OT and real IoT environments. This dramatically shortens the journey from insight to impact, helps de-risk transformation programmes, and gives our clients far greater confidence in the security posture of their connected products and operations,”said Siddharth Vishwnath, Partner and Leader – Risk Consulting, PwC India.The CCSC features 11+ live demo stations spanning ransomware, lateral movement, PLC logic manipulation, SCADA tampering, GPS spoofing, CAN bus attacks, Bluetooth and RFID exploits, and rogue Wi-Fi takeovers — paired with PwC India’s detection, monitoring, response and remediation capabilities.The launch of the CCSC marks another deliberate step in PwC India’s evolution from a professional services firm that advises on technology to one that is increasingly building and securing the future of technology — designing, engineering and owning the platforms behind its client outcomes. The Centre’s accelerators — Smart Product Shield, Smart Factory Shield, TCMS, the Cyber Nerve Center, the Quantum & Crypto Service Platform and others — are proprietary platforms built, run and continuously enhanced by PwC’s own engineering and product teams. Looking ahead, the Centre will serve as the central hub of an interconnected network of PwC labs — including the Experience Centres and the Gurugram Centre — evolving into a Connected Security Platform characterised by interconnected intelligence, zero-touch orchestration and cyber-autonomous infrastructure.
