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Govt. sets up NIC-CERT centre to detect, prevent cyberattacks
What has happened?
The Centre on Monday unveiled the NIC-CERT centre that would monitor and help in early detection and mitigation of cyber-attacks on government networks
NIC network
All communications between government departments — Centre, State and district, as well as interactions between the government and the citizens takes place through NIC’s network
Significance of NIC-CERT
- The NIC-CERT will help in the pursuit of a safe cyberspace by early detection of any attack on India’s systems
- Using various tools, the team at NIC-CERT will be able to identify vulnerabilities and possible exploits and the intelligence gathered will give CERT the ability to predict and prevent attacks
- It will also alert the concerned parties concerned in case it detects any malicious activity. Any unusual movement on the NIC network, any attacks, intrusions will be detected and cleaned
Team at NIC-CERT
NIC-CERT currently has a team of about 30 cyber-security professionals working in two shifts. This is in addition to the more than 300 people in the cyber-security team who already work at the NIC
NIC-CERT will operate in close co-ordination and collaboration with other sectoral CERTs an
