Afcons

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AT A GLANCE

Company:

Ÿ Third largest construction group in India

Ÿ Deliver world-class services in the areas of marine,

highway, bridge, tunnels, and more

Ÿ Execute complex infrastructure projects both in India and

overseas

Challenges:

Ÿ Protect technical specifications and IP that need to be

shared

Ÿ Protect sensitive HR documents

Ÿ Protect QA documents and findings

Solution:

Seclore FileSecure Information Rights Management (IRM)

AFCONS Infrastructure Limited is a part of the Shapoorji

Pallonji (SP) Group which is the third-largest construction

group in India. Over the past five decades, AFCONS has

emerged as one of the leaders in infrastructure EPC industry

by continuously delivering world-class services in areas of

Marine, Highways, Bridges, Metro, Tunnels, and Onshore and

Offshore Oil & Gas. The company has a transnational

presence in almost the entire spectrum of infrastructure

activities. In fact, it is one of the pioneers in infrastructure

development, involved in execution of large and complex

projects both in India and overseas

An introduction to line of business…

Sandeep Desai Executive Vice President(Information & Process Management Group)

We knew we could succeed in securing our

intellectual property by implementing a software

like Seclore FileSecure

We wanted to build a document repository of our knowledge

base in the areas of technical design, methodology and the

learnings. Further, we also have HR and quality policies which

are required to be shared with our employees. These

documents are extremely confidential, especially the

technical details, which include some of AFCONS own

intellectual property. So, IRM is extremely crucial for the

organisation because it allows us to enforce who should be

given the rights of viewing, copying, writing, modifying or

removing a specific document. The whole idea is to ensure

the company information doesn't get into wrong hands.

The business/technology scenario which

triggered the need for Information Rights

Management (IRM)

AFCONS is part of the Shapoorji Pallonji

Group, the third-largest construction group

in India. Do you think deployment of

Seclore FileSecure is going to have a

positive impact on the company's image in

the market?

Today, document security is crucial in any industry. The need

is, perhaps, slightly more acute in the construction industry

where tender information and methodology are readily

shared – things that make the difference in a business

segment where jobs are fast drying up. So, protecting the

intellectual property that's the company's USP gains huge

significance.

Following is an interview with Sandeep Desai, EVP at Afcons

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We are now one-hundred percent sure that the documents

are secure now that IRM is protecting our information.

What were the business/technology benefits

that AFCONS experienced as a result of the

deployment?

IRM protection is provided by the document

owners or by the administrator and the

documents right are managed centrally.

What would you like to say about this

particular feature?

We know who the document owner is. We take the definition

of the document from the document owner, including at

what levels the document can be viewed and what rights

should be given to whom. This feature ensures us that

nobody can tamper with the intellectual data.

We had an international vendor and Seclore in the race.

Seclore was finally selected because it was an Indian

company which was new in the market and looked promising.

Secondly, the pricing was extremely competitive that cut the

deal for them.

What was the vendor selection process like

and what made you decide on your final

choice?

Implementation was very quick; we didn't expect it to get over

in less than two weeks. And the adoption phase was less

than perhaps a month. So, we could see the visibility of the

product within a month.

What was the implementation phase like?

At present, we have implemented Seclore in a limited way for

protecting our technical, HR and QA-QC documents.

However, we are keen on going one step further to make

sure most of the data which is generated from tender or

finance is also protected when it is getting transferred from

one hand to another.

What impact did it have on the business?

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