There is no second opinion that cyber
security in India must be improved. Even Indian government
has accepted this proposition and has admitted that it is a late
entrant in this field. Indian government has also announced that a
cyber
command for armed forces of India would also be
established.
India has also formulated the cyber
security policy that carries many far reaching reforms in
the field of cyber security. The policy has stressed upon indigenous
development of hardware and software. Even the security agencies of
India have been insisting upon using Indian
cyber security software for protecting India’s critical
infrastructures. Security agencies re also insisting that VoIP
services providers wishing to do business in India must establish
servers in India.
It has also been suggested that India must launch
its own social media websites so that law enforcement
problems can be avoided. As cyber
litigation against foreign websites in India is going to increase,
we must ensure that they comply with Indian laws. But this is not
happening and recently U.S. government also refused
to serve Indian summons upon foreign websites located in their
jurisdiction.
Recently it has been reported
that U.S. government is the biggest buyer of malware. Further, it is
also a known fact that even the anti virus and security products can
be manipulated to install
malware upon victim’s system.
Thus, the decision to use Indian security softwares
may seem absurd on the face of it but it is a very crucial and
relevant decision. Foreign hardware and software may have backdoors
installed in them. If we have indigenously manufactured software and
hardware, we can analyse the same for backdoors. Let us see how
things would take shape from this stage.
