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Technology Focus: Government has taken the various measures to strengthen its cyber security posture and prevent cyber attacks

The growth of the Internet and the proliferation of applications, products and services on it, citizens are empowered and their lives are changed. However, with the development of the Internet, cybercrime is also increasing. The government is aware of incidents of cyber crimes, including phishing, originating in parts of India, including Jharkhand.”Police” and “Public Order” are state entities under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. States/UTs are primarily responsible for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of crimes including cybercrime through their Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs). LEAs take legal action against offenders as per the provisions of the Act. The Central Government complements the initiatives of the State Governments through advisory and financial assistance under various capacity building programmes.

According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in order to strengthen the mechanism for a comprehensive and coordinated response to cyber crime, the Ministry of Home Affairs has provided financial assistance to all states and UTs under the Prevention of Cyber ​​Crime Against Women and Children (CCPWC) to support their efforts to set up cyber forensic training labs, training and hiring young cyber consultants. Cyber ​​forensic training labs have been commissioned in 28 states. The Central Government has taken steps to spread cyber crime awareness, issue alerts/advisories, capacity building/training of law enforcement personnel/prosecutors/judicial officers, improvement of cyber forensic facilities etc.

The Government has set up the Indian Cyber ​​Crime Coordination Center (I4C) to provide a framework and ecosystem for LEAs to deal with cyber crimes in a comprehensive and coordinated manner. Under I4C, ‘Joint Cyber ​​Coordination Teams’ have been constituted for seven regions in Mewat, Jamtara, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Vishakhapatnam and Guwahati to address jurisdictional complexities based on cyber crime hotspots/areas by involving all States/UTs, to provide LEAs with a solid coordination framework.The Government has launched the National Cyber ​​Crime Reporting Portal (www.cybercrime.gov.in) to enable the public to report incidents of all types of cyber crimes, with a special focus on cyber crimes against women and children. A toll free number 1930 has been launched to provide assistance in filing online cyber complaints. A Financial Cyber ​​Fraud Reporting and Management System module was also launched for citizens to report financial fraud immediately and stop siphoning of funds by fraudsters.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) conducts information security awareness programs. Specific information security books, videos and online materials are being developed for children, parents and general users and disseminated through portals like “www.infosecawareness.in” and “www.csk.gov.in”. This information was given today by the Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

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