The landscape of Cyber Security in India

Context:

• As the world gets absorbed by the COVID-19 pandemic, cyberattacks have become a critical area for all technology-focused organizations in India. In the evolving situation, India needs an updated cybersecurity situation.

Types of Cybercrime

• • DDoS Attacks
  • Botnets
  • Identity Theft
  • Cyberstalking
  • PUPS (Potentially Unwanted Programs )
  • Phishing
  • Online Scams

Indian laws concerning Cyber Security

• Information Technology Act, 2000: The act provides legal recognition to e-commerce and e-governance and facilitates its development as an alternative to paper-based traditional methods.
• Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS): It is a nationwide network infrastructure for the evolution of an IT-enabled state-of-the-art tracking system around “investigation of crime and detection of criminals”.
• National Cyber Security Policy, 2013: It provides for:
  • To build secure and resilient cyberspace.
  • Creating a secure cyber ecosystem, generate trust in IT transactions.
  • Creation of a 24 x 7 National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Center (NCIIPC).
  • Indigenous technological solutions. ” Testing of ICT products and certifying them.
• National Technical Research Organization (NTRO): NTRO is a highly specialized technical intelligence gathering agency. It develops technology capabilities in aviation and remote sensing, data gathering and processing, cyber security, cryptology systems, strategic hardware and software development, and strategic monitoring.
• National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC): Creation of National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre, the national nodal agency in respect of the protection of critical information infrastructure.
  • It is placed under the National Technical Research Organization.
• CERT-In: CERT-In has been designated to serve as the national agency to perform the following functions:
  • Collection, analysis, and dissemination of information on cyber incidents.
  • Forecast and alerts of cybersecurity incidents
  • Emergency measures for handling cybersecurity incidents
  • Coordination of cyber incident response activities
  • Issue guidelines, advisories, vulnerability notes, and white papers relating to information security practices, procedures, prevention, response, and reporting of cyber incidents.
• National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC): It is a critical component of India’s cyber security against hackers and espionage as well as to track terrorist activity online.