India Security Summit

(Ministry of Home Affairs)

 

WHAT

The 12th India Security Summit on the theme “Towards New National Cyber Security Strategy” was held in New Delhi.

• It was organised by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
• It is officially supported by the Union Ministry of Communications & Information Technology.

 

HIGHLIGHTS

• Issues such as protection of critical national infrastructure, emerging cyber threats: incidents, challenges and responses were discussed.
• In his address, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy announced that Government has taken various measures to counter cyber threats.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has rolled out a scheme ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)’ to combat cybercrime in the country.
• The government also has rolled out the “Cyber Swachhta Kendra”, part of the Digital India initiative under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
• It is a platform for the Central Ministries, State Governments, Academia, Industry and other global stakeholders to come together and deliberate on the way forward.

 

CYBERSECURITY

• Computer security, cybersecurity or information technology security (IT security) is the technique of computer protecting knowledge from unauthorized access or attacks.
• It is the protection of computer systems from the theft of or damage to their hardware, software, or electronic data, as well as from the disruption or misdirection of the services they provide.

 

Important Info

• India is the third-largest user of the internet.

 

Source: PIB

 

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