Saket Modi, the millennial who keeps your data on the BHIM app safe

If you are one of the 33 million-odd BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) app users, you would have, at some point or the other, wondered if your transaction on the platform and the data generated during the process are safe. The company that ensures that the Made-in-India payments app is safe and secured is run by one of India’s top cyber security experts, Saket Modi.

Lucideus Tech, founded by the 28-year-old entrepreneur, is the chief security provider for BHIM which is built on top of the National Payment Corporation of India’s UPI architecture.

The BHIM app shot to fame when Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself suggested the name and launched it in December 2016. For months, the app remained one of the most downloaded and most used payment services in the country, making it imperative to keep hackers from meddling with it.

One of India’s top ethical hackers, Saket Modi started Lucideus Tech when he was just 22-years old. Having earned a lot of fame in finding cyber vulnerabilities in government services, and even apps and websites of multinational companies, he founded the company to expand the scope of providing such services.