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Defence

Security for India's growing indigenous defence industry. ORCA Opti brings your risks, controls and AI governance into one living system of record, inside your Safe Zone.

Regulation

Aligned to Indian regulation

ORCA Opti maps to the obligations Indian organisations face, and keeps your evidence ready.

Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023

Consent, data principal rights and breach obligations under the DPDP Act.

CERT-In directions

Mandatory cyber incident reporting within tight timeframes, with the logs to back it up.

RBI & SEBI cyber frameworks

Sector cyber security and resilience expectations for financial services.

ISO 27001 & IT Act 2000

Information security management and reasonable security practices, mapped.

AI governance

Safe, accountable AI aligned with emerging MeitY guidance.

Data localisation

Keep regulated data where it needs to stay, inside your Safe Zone.

For Defence

See ORCA Opti for India's Defence Sector

Aatma Nirbhar Bharat is reshaping defence procurement towards indigenous suppliers, MSME-led innovation and a growing export book. Private primes, iDEX start-ups, MSME suppliers and DPSU partners all face Ministry of Defence security expectations, ITAR and EAR exposure on foreign-tech partnerships, and rising cyber threat. ORCA Opti gives the supply chain one platform to be trusted, audited and resilient.

DDP and MoD supplier-ready

Ministry of Defence and Department of Defence Production supplier security expectations mapped to controls, ready for inspection.

Classified-tier data in the Safe Zone

Engineering, design and operational data inside the Safe Zone with Indian residency, plus AI Guardian blocking leakage to external AI.

iDEX, SP Model and DPSU readiness

iDEX challenge, Strategic Partnership Model and DPSU procurement evidence in a living programme, ready for every milestone review.

Defence export readiness

DGFT SCOMET, end-use certificates and ISO 9001 / AS 9100 evidence assembled, ready for the rapidly growing defence export market.

The pressure

What defence-sector founders and CISOs face

State-aligned threat activity, export-control scrutiny and supply chain accountability are turning cyber and compliance into a board topic for every defence MSME.

State-sponsored cyber threat

Defence and dual-use suppliers face advanced persistent threat activity from state-aligned actors. Controls and detection must match the adversary, not the auditor.

Foreign-collab tech transfer scrutiny

ITAR, EAR and end-use compliance on foreign technology transfer brings audit, paperwork and cyber expectations that MSME suppliers struggle to carry alone.

IP and design data exfiltration

Defence IP and design data leaving via external AI tools, ill-configured SaaS or USB drives is the most reported exfiltration path. Controls must cover all three.

Indigenous supply chain integrity

DPSU primes and MoD increasingly assess the cyber posture of every tier in the supply chain. One weak link becomes everyone's problem.

Frameworks built in

MoD-ready, export-ready

ORCA Opti ships with the obligations Indian defence runs on, from DDP and DPP to AS 9100D and ITAR. Controls pre-mapped, evidence structured and reporting current.

DDP & MoD security

Department of Defence Production supplier security and MoD security expectations mapped to controls and current evidence.

AS 9100D & ISO 9001

Aerospace and defence quality management requirements mapped to controls, evidence and management review.

ISO 27001 & NIST SP 800-171

Information security and controlled-unclassified-information baselines for sensitive programmes and US-collaborative work.

DGFT SCOMET & ITAR/EAR

Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technologies list, plus ITAR and EAR exposure, tracked alongside operational evidence.

DPDP & CERT-In

Employee, supplier and citizen data handling plus 6-hour incident reporting obligations integrated with defence workflows.

DAP, DPSU & iDEX procurement

Defence Acquisition Procedure, DPSU procurement, iDEX milestones and Strategic Partnership Model records held in one living programme.

See ORCA Opti for Defence in India.

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