{"id":53858,"date":"2019-11-08T17:42:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T12:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=53858"},"modified":"2019-11-08T17:42:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T12:12:38","slug":"answered-to-showcase-itself-as-a-legitimate-power-in-cyberspace-india-have-to-shed-its-piecemeal-approach-about-cybersecurity-examine-critically","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-to-showcase-itself-as-a-legitimate-power-in-cyberspace-india-have-to-shed-its-piecemeal-approach-about-cybersecurity-examine-critically\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] \u201cTo showcase itself as a legitimate power in cyberspace, India have to shed its piecemeal approach about cybersecurity.\u201d Examine critically."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demand of the question<\/strong>
Introduction. <\/strong>Contextual Introduction.
Body. <\/strong>Discuss India\u2019s piece-meal approach to cyber-security and importance of cyber-security.
Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Reports this week have suggested a cyberattack on the Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu. Despite the untapped potential, India already is the 2nd largest online market worldwide. Although the advancement of technology and internet has brought with it all related benefits but has also led to massive increase in the cyber-crime affecting people globally. The crime like Pegasus snooping scandal, Wannacry attack has showed vulnerability of India to cyber-crime threats and prevent India from being a leader in cyberspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Piece-meal approach of India in\nCybersecurity:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The cyber security scenario in\nIndia is one of relative chaos and a sense of insecurity arising out of the\nperiodic reports of cyber espionage, cyberterrorism, cyber warfare and cyber\ncrime. <\/li>
  2. Legal and law enforcement\nmechanisms have not shifted gears fast enough to grapple with growing cyber\ncrime. The lack of a coherent cyber security policy seriously interfere with\nIndia\u2019s national security and economic development. Computer Emergency Response\nTeam (CERT-In) is heavily understaffed.<\/li>
  3. Although Government has set up\nNational Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) but it\nis yet to identify and implement measures to protect critical information\ninfrastructure.<\/li>
  4. It is essential that more\nattention at the highest levels is paid to ensuring that cyber-related\nvulnerabilities that can impact on critical sectors are identified and removed.\nIndia\u2019s approach to cyber security has so far been ad hoc and piecemeal. A\nnumber of organisations have been created but their precise roles have not been\ndefined nor synergy has been created among them. <\/li>
  5. Further, there appears to be no\ninstitutional structure for implementation of policies. Neither the private\nsector nor government has been able to build information systems that can be\ndescribed as reasonably robust. <\/li>
  6. The continued perception has been\nthat cyber security is optional. Thus led to increase in threats of\ncyber-attacks.<\/li>
  7. International threat of a\ncyber-war from countries like China and Pakistan has increased in recent times.\nLots of equipment\u2019s in India are imported. It is unknown whether these devices\nare tampered with or programmed for control processes.<\/li>
  8. The Cybersecurity Policy of 2013\nis open and technology neutral. But it needs up-gradation. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Importance of cyber security:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Cyber security is an important\narena of internet when the country is moving forward towards a cashless society\nand digitisation. It is of paramount concern to take cyber security seriously\nin India with most of the transactions going online and cashless.<\/li>
    2. Security becomes a challenge as\nnow privacy is a fundamental right as per SC verdict and the rise in cybercrime\ncan lead to violation of private space and liberty of expression.<\/li>
    3. Cyber security becomes a vital law\nof cyber law today. There is need of new tools; capacity building must be done\nin various departments and a mechanism in place to address these challenges.<\/li>
    4. The Indian government has embarked\non a programme to turn the country into a digital economy. It has unveiled a\nseries of initiatives\u2014from introducing Aadhaar, MyGov, Government e-Market,\nDigiLocker, Bharat Net, Startup India, Skill India and Smart Cities to propel\nIndia towards technological competence and transformation.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      In India, it is imperative that cyber networks, software and cyber-physical systems, and platforms should be cyber-secure. This requires a judicious mix of people, policies and technology, as well as robust public-private partnership. The reliance on imported information and communication technology (ICT) products and our inability to screen them for vulnerabilities is a major cybersecurity risk. The need of the hour for Indian government is to develop core skills in cyber security, data integrity and data security fields while also setting stringent cyber security standards to protect banks and financial institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual Introduction. Body. Discuss India\u2019s piece-meal approach to cyber-security and importance of cyber-security. Conclusion. Way forward. Reports this week have suggested a cyberattack on the Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu. Despite the untapped potential, India already is the 2nd largest online market worldwide. Although the advancement of technology… Continue reading [Answered] \u201cTo showcase itself as a legitimate power in cyberspace, India have to shed its piecemeal approach about cybersecurity.\u201d Examine critically.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":49132,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53858","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}