DEITY has revealed its plans for setting up centers and training for cyber security.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014: The Department of Electronics and IT (DEITY) has begun a process for establishing two critical cyber security centers and starting a programme for human resource development in the emerging field. Eight months back, the Cabinet had cleared the National Cyber Security policy that is aimed at generating five lakh cyber security experts in a span of five years.
DEITY Secretary J Satyanarayana informed PTI that “Initiatives were stalled for 2-3 months because of financial issues. Cyber security being a critical issue, we are now taking it as priority and started process for approval from competent authorities.”
He stressed that the department is prepared with the design of Botnet malware cleaning centre, National Cyber Coordination Centre and human resource skill development to take care of cyber security issues. According to the plan, the Botnet cleaning centre should be able to spot computer or any other device connected with Internet in the country that is infected by virus or any other malware.
The National Cyber Coordination Centre will be viewing threats at macro level and liaise with security agencies for handling cyber threats which can adversely impact country’s security. But security experts have a feeling that development of talents is crucial for handling cyber threats. Apart from this DEITY has taken approval for commencing programme for skill development costing Rs 5000 million and government will take care of a portion of this cost.
