The winners for the 2011 edition of the Red Herring 100 Asia award are selected based upon their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health. During the several months leading up to the announcement, hundreds of companies in the telecommunications, security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, biotech, mobile and other industries completed their submissions to qualify for the award.

The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds from across Asia. The nominees were evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

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The Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 India program was initiated in 2005 by Deloitte in line with the regional programs in other parts of the globe – Deloitte Technology Fast 500, which is well established in North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia, that recognizes the world’s fastest growing and dynamic technology companies.

Indusface, an end-to-end Information Security Solutions & Service Provider, has been empanelled with CERT-In as one of the top 11 information security auditors in the country.

To select the panel of top 11 Information Security Auditing organizations in India, CERT-In had adopted to a stringent evaluation process with a prime motive to verify and assess the technical skills and capabilities of the participating organizations to be able to perform information security audits from a people, process and technology perspective. With over 60 participant organizations, the Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) had conducted a practical test with a predetermined and known set of vulnerabilities which the participating companies were to identify.

Within the broad scope, an 'Information Security Audit' or 'IT Security Audit' covers an assessment of the security of an organization’s networked infrastructure comprising of computer systems, networks, operating system software and application software. Having been empanelled by CERT-In which has been set up the Govt. of India with a purpose of becoming the nation's most trusted referral agency of the Indian Community for responding to computer security incidents as and when they occur, Indusface Consulting now commands an emphatic position in the Information Security space in India.

The CERT-In operates under the auspices of and with authority delegated by the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology and Government of India. The mission of CERT-In is to enhance the security of India's communications and information infrastructure through proactive action and effective collaboration. The purpose of the CERT-In is to become the nation's most trusted referral agency of the Indian community for responding to computer security incidents as and when they occur. CERT-In also aims to assist members of the Indian community in implementing proactive measures to reduce the risks of computer security incidents.