Centre to states: Strengthen cyber security
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Centre to states: Strengthen cyber security

Context:

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has asked states to focus on strengthening the cyber security ecosystem to push adoption of digital services in India

What has happened?

  • The minister had met IT ministers and secretaries from almost all states during a two-day conference to discuss the roadmap on making India a trillion-dollar digital economy by 2025.
  • IT Minister has requested every state to continuously monitor the traffic of websites and set up cyber security centres
  • Further, it was discussed that there should also be audit from time to time of sensitive centres such as nuclear power stations, financial hubs and IT hubs
  • In addition, Mr. Prasad who is also the Law Minister has asked the states to ensure that no one is denied any benefits for not having an Aadhaar card.

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