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Support from British businesses crucial in removing over 235000 … – National Cyber Security Centre

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Govt To Set Up Centre Of Excellence For Cyber Security In Capital City | Bhubaneswar News

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Bhubaneswar: The state government has decided to set up a centre of excellence (COE) for cyber security to help police personnel effectively deal with the challenges posed by cyber crooks. The state-owned Odisha Computer Application Centre (OCAC) is planning to set up the centre of excellence in Bhubaneswar to cater to the needs of the state police.
The proposed COE will have cyber intelligence, investigation and forensic units along with tools, technology, process, and trained manpower to combat the cyber criminals. One of the key aspects of this project is to have an effective cyber security workforce to help the police personnel in investigating cyber crimes.
“We have already floated an expression of interest and have received offers from some private IT companies. Their offers are being evaluated,” OCAC’s joint general manager (technical) Saroj Kumar Tripathy said.
The broader objective of the proposed centre of excellence is to strengthen the future cybersecurity environment by expanding cyber education, coordinating and redirecting research and development efforts across the government departments. The COE will conduct planning, designing, and analysing cyber security capacity building programme for the government of Odisha.
The COE will have a centralised analytics platform to capture data from various sources and analyse them to provide actionable intelligence to the law enforcement agencies. Data obtained from various sources can be utilised to determine the relationships that exist in the data through various analytical engines, finding a solution for crime detection.
The centralised analytics platform can help cops identify illegal activities being carried out in deep and dark web such as drugs, human trafficking, credit card frauds and fake passports. The platform can also identify rumours and fake or provocative materials circulated on social media.
The state, which reported 1,931 cybercrime cases in 2020, saw a marginal increase in 2021 with the police registering 2,037 cases, clocking nearly 5.5% rise.
In bulk of the cases, cyber crooks took away money from the victims by offering them high returns through different schemes, on purchases of pharmaceutical…

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No cyber attack on census data centre, optimum security in place, says govt

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A multi-layered security approach has been adopted for the safety of census data and there has been no cyber attack or data hacking incident in the system, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said Tuesday.


He said the intent of the government for conducting Census 2021 was notified in the Gazette of India on March 28, 2019, but due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the census and related field activities have been postponed until further orders.


“Multiple layered security approach has been adopted for security and safety of census data. Data is encrypted at the data collection device, during the transmission and at servers and storage.


“Advisories from National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) and Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) are implemented to make the data centres secure,” Rai said in Lok Sabha.


Replying to another question, the minister said, “No cyber attack or data hacking incident has been observed in the data centre or its disaster recovery sites of the office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.

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Draft cybersecurity strategy has been formulated: Centre

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A draft National Cyber Security Strategy has been formulated to address the issue of security of national cyberspace. Image for representational purpose only.

A draft National Cyber Security Strategy has been formulated to address the issue of security of national cyberspace. Image for representational purpose only.
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The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) has formulated a draft National Cyber Security Strategy, which holistically looks at addressing the issue of security of national cyberspace, said the government in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

Responding to a query from Lok Sabha members Rajveer Singh and Sukanta Majumdar raised in the wake of recent cyber attacks, Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said the NSCS had formulated a draft strategy. However, the timeline for its implementation and other details were not mentioned.

To a question whether the government had taken any steps to mitigate citizens’ vulnerability to cyber attacks, the Minister said its policies were aimed at ensuring an open, safe, trusted and accountable Internet for the users. Listing the measures being taken, the written reply said: “The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issues alerts and advisories regarding latest cyber threats/vulnerabilities and countermeasures to protect computers and networks on an ongoing basis”.

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Security tips have been published for users to secure their desktops and mobile phones and to prevent phishing attacks. CERT-In operates the Cyber Swachhta Kendra (Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre) “to detect malicious programmes and free tools to remove the same, and to provide cyber security tips and best practices for citizens and organisations”, it said.

“The organisation regularly disseminates information and shares tips on cyber safety and security through its official social media handles and websites. CERT-In and the Reserve Bank of India [RBI] jointly carry out a cyber security awareness campaign on ‘Beware and be aware of financial frauds’ through the Digital India Platform. The Ministry also carries out awareness programmes,” the reply added.

The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has been designated as the nodal…

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