Cyber security has become a nightmare for India. For
considerable period of time India ignored cyber security to its own
detriment. Now past mistakes are haunting Indian government and India
cannot do anything except issuing statements and warnings. However,
these statements and warning have no value and impact at all to cyber
adversaries across the world.
Cyber
security in India is simply beyond the contemplation of
our politicians and government. The cyber
security challenges in India are tremendous and our
government is sleeping over the matter. Other countries are invading
Indian cyberspace with no difficulty or challenge at all.
According to Praveen
Dalal, managing partner of New Delhi based ICT law firm
Perry4Law
and CEO of Perry4Law’s Techno Legal Base (PTLB),
India is a Sitting
Duck in the Cyberspace and Civil Liberties Protection
Regime. Malware like Stuxnet,
Duqu,
Flame, Uroburos/Snake,
Blackshades,
FinFisher,
Gameover
Zeus (GOZ), etc cannot be tackled by India due to lack of
Offensive
and Defensive Cyber Security Capabilities. Cyber
Security Breaches are increasing World over and India must
be “Cyber Prepared” to deal with the same. The Cyber Security
Challenges before the Narendra Modi Government are not easy to manage
and Indian
Cyberspace must be protected on a “Priority Basis”.
Governments ranging from Congress to Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) have done nothing to improve the
privacy
laws in India and cyber security of India. Even the
Narendra Modi lead government has done nothing except summoning of
few officials of United States for blatant violation of privacy
rights of Indians and invading Indian cyberspace.
In these circumstances it would not be wrong to
declare that India is a sitting duck in the field of cyber security.
These days cyber security is an integral part of national security as
well. The national
security policy of India must also incorporate cyber
security as an essential component. Only time would tell whether Modi
government would be successful in bringing privacy
rights to Indians and meeting the cyber
security challenges of India.
