BEL Software SBU Centre

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BEL has its own in-house software Division called BEL Software Technology Centre (BSTC), which is CMMI Level 5 certified. For more than 2 decades now, BEL has successfully realised complex, high quality software solutions. The key to this has been an established software team with expertise and outstanding skill levels. With such expertise, BEL’s software intensive systems are deployed in challenging operational environments for varied customers. The key customers include the Indian Defence Forces, Para-Military Forces, Election Commission of India, DRDO and other PSUs.

BEL offers customizable software solutions which can be integrated with legacy and existing systems. State-of the-art technology and industry standard process are applied to achieve compliance.

BEL’s Software Division includes a specialised team of Certified Project Management Professionals, Software Developers, Software Quality Auditors, Reliability Engineers, Six-Sigma Practitioners, Penetration Testers, Security Auditors, Software Testers and Test Managers. The expert team applies comprehensive analysis and problem solving techniques in the most effective manner to deliver a customised optimal software solution that suits each customer engagement.

BEL’s Software Division was established in Bengaluru in 1996. It was primarily opened for application software development and maintenance of BEL’s own software intensive projects.

Now, BEL has collective software experience of 5000+ person years and 30+ Million Lines of Code. The project base includes Defence, Non-Defence and even civilian products such as the Electronics Voting Machine and the Doppler Weather Radar. The Division also provides software assurance services such as Software Quality and Security Audits, IV&V, Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing.

The Division is geared to leverage its expertise in both Software Development and Software Assurance Services for domestic and export markets.

BSTC’s Capability

The division has several process, quality and security accreditations in place, to enable its operations to be at the expected industry standards:

Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI-DEV Ver 1.3) Maturity Level 5
ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS)
ISO 14001: 2015 Environment Management System (EMS)
ISO 27001:2013 Information Security Management System (ISMS)
CEMILAC (Centre For Military Airworthiness & Certification) Test House Approval
CERT-In empanelment as an IT security Organisation comprising of VAPT and Security compliance audits is presently being pursued.

BSTC’s Strengths

The division’s strengths include:

Technical Proficiency at BSTC

The Division has skilled teams and subject matter experts in the following:

Mission critical, Web-based, Real-time and Embedded Software
Platform Neutral Software Development
Customization of Diverse Database and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Security Hardening and Pruning of Operating Systems (OS) such as Windows and Linux and other Commercially Off The Shelf (COTS) Software like ArcGIS
Varieties of application programming languages and IDEs, Middleware, Operating Systems, Software Architectures, Relational Database, Big Data and Software Assurance.