Andhra Pradesh Technology Services

Andhra Pradesh Technology Services A Govt. of AP enterprise delivering IT consultancy, infrastructure, security, procurement & digital solutions to enable efficient governance.

Now advancing towards PaaS for citizen-centric services.

CERT-In's new directive requires AI-accelerated vulnerability protection across every government-facing systemAI-assiste...
25/08/2026

CERT-In's new directive requires AI-accelerated vulnerability protection across every government-facing system

AI-assisted testing, continuous monitoring, structured patch management, and documented incident response, together, as a standing process.

In our experience conducting assessments, most departments are further behind on this than they realise. Testing tends to happen once. Monitoring tends to be reactive. Documentation tends to lag behind what actually runs in production.

The gap between where a department assumes it stands and where it actually stands is usually the first thing an audit reveals, and the most straightforward thing to close once it's visible.

A compliance assessment gives you that picture before a regulator or an incident does.

To review where your systems currently stand.

Connect with APTS.

New research published this month deserves careful attention: AI agents can transmit harmful instructions to one another...
21/08/2026

New research published this month deserves careful attention: AI agents can transmit harmful instructions to one another through the very notes they leave for their next session, with no human intervention and no hacker required at any point.

This finding matters because agentic AI is being adopted across departments faster than most oversight frameworks can accommodate. An agent operating correctly today can carry a different instruction tomorrow, and that shift can propagate through every connected system it touches, silently and without warning.

Traditional access reviews were not designed for this. They assume a human made the decision behind every change. Increasingly, a prompt does.

A Security Process Review is built specifically to detect this kind of behavioural drift, continuously rather than annually.

To discuss what a review would look like for your environment.
Connect with APTS.

A sevenfold rise in attacks on government networks is not a statistic to file away. It is a signal about where attackers...
20/08/2026

A sevenfold rise in attacks on government networks is not a statistic to file away. It is a signal about where attackers are already looking.

Portals, payment systems, and citizen records carry the kind of data and access that makes public sector infrastructure a consistent target, not an occasional one. The systems most departments consider routine are frequently the ones under the most active probing.

The departments in the strongest position are not the ones that assume they are too small to be a target. They are the ones that have already tested their own exposure and closed what they found.

A security assessment gives you that answer before an incident does.

Talk to us about an assessment.
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A useful question for any IT or security lead: how many AI agents currently have access to your systems, and who approve...
19/08/2026

A useful question for any IT or security lead: how many AI agents currently have access to your systems, and who approved that access? Most departments cannot answer immediately, and that gap is the risk.

A new hire is interviewed, background checked, and observed through a probation period before being trusted with sensitive systems. An AI agent can be granted equivalent access within minutes, and its behaviour can change the moment its instructions are edited, with no equivalent review triggered.

This is not a future concern. It already describes how a growing number of internal tools operate today, frequently without anyone formally responsible for oversight.

A Security Process Review identifies exactly which AI agents are active in your environment, what they can access, and where the gaps lie.

Get in touch to discuss a review.
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Quick question for anyone running IT or procurement right now: when's the last time your vendors' code was reviewed, not...
18/08/2026

Quick question for anyone running IT or procurement right now: when's the last time your vendors' code was reviewed, not just your own?

Most departments can tell you exactly how their internal network is protected. Far fewer can say the same about the contractor's login portal, the third-party app collecting citizen data, or the tool a vendor built two years ago and never touched again. That gap is where 2026's breaches are actually happening.

You don't have to guess where you stand. A vendor security audit tells you, in plain terms, what's exposed and what to fix first before it becomes an incident report.

Send us your vendor list and we'll tell you what a review would cover, no obligation.

Connect with APTS today.

17/08/2026

A security gap doesn’t always look like a sophisticated cyberattack. Sometimes, it’s an overlooked access point that no one thought to question.

For organisations handling sensitive data, the real question isn’t “Could this happen to us?” it’s “When was the last time we actually tested it?”

Proactive security assessments help identify weaknesses while they’re still risks, not incidents.

If your organisation relies on APIs, web applications, or connected systems, make security testing part of your regular risk strategy.

Assess. Strengthen. Stay ahead.
Connect with APTS today.

Eighty years ago, freedom was won on the ground, city by city, generation by generation.Today, that same freedom has to ...
15/08/2026

Eighty years ago, freedom was won on the ground, city by city, generation by generation.

Today, that same freedom has to be defended in a place none of those early leaders could have pictured, the networks, records, and systems an entire state now runs on.

Different battlefield. Same responsibility.

Happy 80th Independence Day, from APTS.

Most departments don't fail an incident because of the attack itself, they fail because the clock starts before they're ...
13/08/2026

Most departments don't fail an incident because of the attack itself, they fail because the clock starts before they're ready.

CERT-In's mandated reporting timeline assumes an organisation already has monitoring in place, a defined incident response process, and a known security baseline not one still being built after something has gone wrong. By the time the deadline is visible, readiness was supposed to already exist.

APTS's Security Process Review is built to close that exact gap, so departments are working from a baseline, not starting from zero when it matters most.

Follow for more on what current cyber security regulations actually require of Indian government departments.

Passing an audit and being prepared are not the same thing.A cyber incident rarely follows a script. The real test begin...
12/08/2026

Passing an audit and being prepared are not the same thing.

A cyber incident rarely follows a script. The real test begins when the expected response doesn’t.

For government organisations, resilience means knowing how systems, teams and decisions hold up when faced with a realistic and coordinated threat. That readiness cannot be established through documentation alone, it has to be tested.

APTS enables organisations to move beyond theoretical preparedness and assess their response under realistic conditions, helping identify gaps before they become operational risks.

Enquire about a Red Team Exercise, Connect Now.

A government website isn't the only front door anymore, the app on a citizen's phone is one too.As mobile-first delivery...
07/08/2026

A government website isn't the only front door anymore, the app on a citizen's phone is one too.

As mobile-first delivery becomes the default for public services, government applications now handle the same sensitive data as web portals often with less scrutiny. Issues in data storage, encryption, API handling, and permission scope are among the most common gaps found in untested applications.

As Andhra Pradesh's CERT-In empanelled cyber security authority, APTS conducts Mobile Application Security Assessments for departments and third-party developers alike, and for many developers building government-facing apps, this certification is a prerequisite for deployment approval, not an optional step.

To initiate an assessment for your application, connect with APTS today.

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