Praveen Dalal, Managing Partner Of Law Firm Perry4Law.
Cyber security in India has always remained in
doldrums. India has not paid enough attention to either cyber law or
cyber security related issues. Cyber
security policy of India is still missing. Keeping in mind
the increasing cyber attacks against India, national
cyber security policy of India is needed as soon as possible.
India's national cyber security policy was never considered part of the national security policy of India. For some strange reasons India considered cyberspace and Internet as an insignificant area that need not to be guarded against cyber attacks.
India must not forget that a sound national security
policy must have many essential and important aspects incorporated
into it. One such essential component is cyber
security policy and strategy of India. Till now we have no
implementable national
cyber security policy of India.
According to Praveen
Dalal, managing partner of New Delhi based Law Firm
Perry4Law
and leading techno legal expert of Asia, Indian
Counter Terrorism Capabilities needs Rejuvenation to deal
with traditional Terrorism and Cyber Terrorism. Cyber
Warfare against India is increasing and Cyber
Security Capabilities of India must be strengthened to
tackle the same, suggests Praveen Dalal. Cyber
Security Skills Development in India must be taken
seriously and dependence upon Internet
Censorship and E-Surveillance
should be forsaken immediately, opines Praveen Dalal.
Perry4Law
and Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB)
are filling this gap in India and abroad. They are maintaining the
exclusive
techno legal cyber security research, education and training centre
of India (CSRTCI). Further, techno
legal e-learning courses, education and trainings by PTLB
are also provided by them to make techno legal cyber security
professionals in India.
However, international community must also look
towards harmonisation in this direction as cyber attacks are global
in nature. Till United Nations (UN) steps in and enacts “universally
acceptable” international
cyber law treaty and international
cyber security treaty, this problem would remain murky and
difficult to resolve. Further, nothing can benefit more than an
international
cyber security cooperation that is urgently required.
The incidences of cyber
attacks, cyber
terrorism, cyber
espionage, cyber warfare, etc are increasing against
India. However, in the absence of India’s national cyber security
policy, cyber security in India is a neglected field. We must
urgently develop cyber
warfare capabilities in India to thwart growing cyber
attacks against India. Further, we must also formulate a cyber
warfare policy in India that is presently missing.
Cyber warfare is also the reason why we need to
ensure critical
infrastructure protection in India and critical ICT
infrastructure protection in India. In fact the growing
cyber
attacks are affecting Indian critical infrastructure.
Thus, cyber security capabilities through techno legal cyber security
trainings in India must be strengthened. We must stress upon cyber
security skills development in India.
However, there is a grave cause of concern these
days. Human
rights in India vis-à-vis cyberspace are always ignored.
Surveillance
of Internet Traffic in India is now a normal practice
informs Praveen Dalal. Surveillance
of Internet Traffic without Procedural Safeguards is
Violative of Civil Liberties of Indians in Cyberspace, claims Dalal.
Big
brother in India is violating Indian constitution without
any check and balances in the name of national security and cyber
security and this practice must be abandoned. Instead, sufficient
cyber security skills must be developed so that cyber threats can be
effectively tackled in India.
