The cyber security landscape for India is undergoing
a fast change. Thanks to some very good techno legal initiatives by
private
cyber security players of India, cyber security of India is back on
track.
For instance, Perry4Law techno Legal Base (PTLB)
has launched many far reaching and significant techno legal cyber
security initiatives in India. The cyber
security research and development centre of India (CSRDCI)
is the exclusive techno legal cyber security centre of India managed
by PTLB. Similarly, PTLB is also managing the exclusive techno legal
national
cyber security database of India (NCSDI) that is the
exclusive techno legal database of cyber and information
security professionals of India.
However, there are many more cyber
security issues in India that are still required to be
addressed by our policy makers. Cyber
security in India and its challenges and problems are too
vast to be managed by a single organisation or even by Indian
government.
According to Praveen Dalal, managing partner of
Perry4Law
and CEO of PTLB, Sophisticated Malware like Stuxnet,
Duqu,
Flame, etc have already proved that Critical Infrastructures around
the World like Power
Grids, Nuclear
Facilities, Satellites,
Defense
Networks, Governmental
Informatics Infrastructures, etc are vulnerable to diverse
range of Cyber Attacks. The truth is that Cyber
Attacks are affecting Indian Critical Infrastructure and
we are not even aware of the same.
There is no doubt that managing
India’s cyber security problems, issues and challenges
is not an easy task rather it is a mammoth task to achieve. Critical
infrastructure protection in India is urgently needed.
Even Indian government has realised this fact and it has announced
the establishment of national
critical information infrastructure protection centre (NCIPC) of
India.
The department of electronics and information
technology (DeitY) has already proposed a central
monitoring system (CMS) project of India to monitor and
intercept electronic communications, messages and information.
Further, a national
telecom network security coordination board (NTNSCB) of India
has also been proposed to strengthen the national
telecom security of India.
Similarly, the home ministry of India has also
launched national
intelligence grid (Natgrid) project of India, crime
and criminal tracking networks and systems (CCTNS) project of India,
national
counter terrorism centre (NCTC) of India, etc. These
projects intend to strengthen the intelligence gathering and counter
terrorism capabilities of India. These projects also
intend to strengthen the cyber security of India as well.
The cyber
security capabilities of India must be strengthened. Both
offensive and defensive cyber security capabilities of India must be
developed. This can be done by ensuring cyber
security skills and capabilities development in India. We
have to train our manpower in a techno legal manner keeping in kind
the contemporary cyber security requirements. Let us hope for the
best in this regard.
