This document describes the CyberGuard team which aims to develop an indigenous data loss prevention (DLP) solution. The team includes Gulzar Ahmed as the technical lead, Hamza Tahir as marketing lead, Dawood Aijaz as CEO, and others. It identifies data breaches as a problem and proposes a DLP solution to monitor and protect sensitive data. It discusses conducting a customer survey, the solution's unique value proposition, development costs, and support required from stakeholders.
HARDNESS, FRACTURE TOUGHNESS AND STRENGTH OF CERAMICS
CYBERGUARD TEAM PROFILES AND DATA PROTECTION SOLUTION
1. CYBERGUARD TEAM
Gulzar Ahmed
Technical Lead
8th semester
Dept of CSE
MCS-NUST
Hamza Tahir
Marketing
Lead
8th semester
Dept of CSE
MCS-NUST
Dawood Aijaz
CEO
8th semester
Dept of CSE
MCS-NUST
Wareesha
Ahmed
Business Dev
8th semester
Dept of CSE
MCS-NUST
Aimen Niazi
Sales Executive
8th semester
BBA 2k16
NBS-NUST
Supervisor: AP Waleed Bin Shahid (Dept. of IS)
Co-Supervisor: Lec Narmeen Shafqat (Dept. of IS)
3. PROPOSED SOLUTION
Cyber Guard will monitor and protect the pilferage and
exfiltration of sensitive organization data, either at rest or
motion, thereby minimizing risk and protecting organizations
of all sorts
4. CUSTOMER SURVEY
The best solution to prevent
data breaches?
Willingness to use
Indigenous DLP Solution
Willingness to use foreign
DLP Solutions
No…
Yes…
0 10 20 30 40 50
Antivirus
IDS/IPS
Firewall
DLP
No…
Yes…
5. Policy Defined on
Server
Policy installed
on client side
Proxy server
Action blocked
Action blocked
Alert
generated
Alert
generated
Internet
If violation
not detected
If violation
detected
Alert
generated
6. UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION
First Indigenous
Solution
Highly Cost
Effective
Mobile
Management
Console
Based on SAAS
Model
Mobile endpoint,
web traffic
monitoring
7. COST OF DEVELOPMENT
Expenses Costs
Utility Bills 10,000 Rs.
Office 10,000 Rs.
Marketing
(Flyers, Standee, Logo
etc.)
25,000 Rs.
Mini PCs and other
Hardware
1,000,000 Rs.
Website hosting +
Domain
25,000 Rs.
Cloud Subscription 10,000 Rs.
Other Recurring Costs 10,000 Rs.
Total 1,090,000 Rs.
Expenses Costs
Marketing Representative 50,000 Rs.
Customer Service
(Installation + Training +
Customization)
20,000 Rs.
Development 80,000 Rs.
Total Variable Costs= 1,57,500 Rs.
Sales Price per unit= 60,000 Rs.
Average Variable Costs= 7,500 Rs.
Total Cost or Revenue= 1,24,7500 Rs.
break-even point = 20 units
Fixed Costs Product Costs
18. MARKET RESEARCH
1. Industry Analysis (Competitive analysis, regulation/policy)
2. Primary Research (customer survey, personal interviews)
19. PRACTICAL & TECHNICAL WORKING
Identify how will you solve identified pain points (technical/service
based solution)
Describe the technical working of your solution. support with
Functional Block Diagram (FBD)/process flow diagram
Use Photographs/Videos to support your description
20. EASE OF ADOPTION
Is it easy to be adopted by the beneficiaries?
A. Rough order of magnitude(ROM) estimate for cost of solution
B. Mass-deployment possible?
C. does it require Product training for customers to adopt?
21. SUPPORT REQUIRED FROM
DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS
1. For FICS Stage 3
2. Beyond
Explain what kind of help you need and from who, to enable you to
(a) perform better at stage 3 of FICS
(b) take your solution towards deployment/commercialization
22. FUTURE DIRECTION
Where do you see yourself and your project in the future?
1. For the project – Deployment/Startup
2. For the team lead
3. For the team
36. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
1. About Yourself (Team Lead)
2. About team & Team diversity (which function each team member is
performing)
(your and your team`s school/college, dept., class, semester)
38. PROPOSED SOLUTION
1. Identify 3 pain points (problem) of customers based on problem
identification in previous slide.
2. Solution`s Impact on society?
(Clearly explain what exact impact on society/communities with your
solution create. Also talk about the size of the impact.)
39. MARKET RESEARCH
1. Industry Analysis (Competitive analysis, regulation/policy)
2. Primary Research (customer survey, personal interviews)
40. ESTIMATES OF FINANCIALS &
TIMELINE
1. Rough estimate of Cost of development?
2. Tentative timeline with Key milestones.
41. SUPPORT REQUIRED FROM
DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS
1. For FICS Stage 3
2. Beyond
Explain what kind of help you need and from who, to enable you to
(a) perform better at stage 3 of FICS
(b) take your solution towards deployment/commercialization