Recently there were many instances of Chinese led cyber-attacks<\/a> on Indians and India based companies. A US-based cyber group has informed about Chinese hackers targeting Indian companies that developed Covid-19 vaccines<\/strong> (Covaxin and Covishield<\/a>). Similarly, another US report informed about a Chinese firm (Red Echo) that was using malware called ShadowPad<\/strong> to target India\u2019s power sector. <\/span><\/p>\n There were also evidences that some of these Chinese led cyber-attacks were backed by the Chinese government. Apart from China, India has also faced cyber-attacks from Russia, North Korea and other countries. These examples highlighted the need to strengthen India\u2019s cyber security<\/a> infrastructure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Global Cyber Security Index 2018 <\/b>positioned India at 23rd place globally. The report mentioned India’s vulnerability to cyber-attacks. Some of the examples of cyber attacks are:<\/span><\/p>\n The Indian government have taken many steps to strengthen cyber security. They are,<\/p>\n The recent pandemic has once again shown the importance of cyberspace for mankind. Considering the need for cyber security the government needs to fast pace the <\/span>National Cyber Security Strategy 2020 and its implementation.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Introduction Recently there were many instances of Chinese led cyber-attacks on Indians and India based companies. A US-based cyber group has informed about Chinese hackers targeting Indian companies that developed Covid-19 vaccines (Covaxin and Covishield). Similarly, another US report informed about a Chinese firm (Red Echo) that was using malware called ShadowPad to target India\u2019s… Continue reading Cyber attacks and Cyber Security in India – Explained Pointwise<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,9],"tags":[1361,8000],"class_list":["post-92032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7-pm","category-public","tag-sec_4","tag-security_issues","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":16,"cached_at":1698385991,"cached_date":1698474171},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=92032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is Cyber Security?<\/b><\/h5>\n
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Few recent examples of cyber attacks in India<\/b><\/h5>\n
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Government initiatives to strengthen Cyber Security in India<\/b><\/h5>\n
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Challenges in tackling cyber offences<\/b><\/h5>\n
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Suggestions to improve cyber security<\/b><\/h5>\n
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nConclusion<\/b><\/h5>\n