New Delhi, Oct 29: With an aim to strengthen digital security, the Indian Army on Thursday stated that it has developed a simple and secure messaging application named the “Secure Application for Internet (SAI)” in the quest for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.

 

SAI supports end-to-end secure voice, text, and video calling services for the Android platforms over the internet which is similar to commercially available messaging applications like Whatsapp, Telegram, SAMVAD, and GIMS and utilizes end to end encryption messaging protocol. It scores over on security features with local in-house servers and coding which can be tweaked as per requirements.

 

SAI has been vetted by CERT-in empaneled auditor and Army Cyber Group. The process for filing Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), hosting the infrastructure on NIC, and working on the iOS platform is currently in progress. It will be utilized by the pan Army to facilitate secure messaging within the service.

 

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh after reviewing the functionalities of the App complimented Col Sai Shankar for his skill and ingenuity in developing the application.