National Conference on Cyber Safety and National Security

At Vigyan Bhawan in the national capital, the Ministry of Home Affairs will organise a National Conference on Cyber Safety and National Security (Cyber Apradh Se Azadi, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav). Union Minister Amit Shah will be the conference’s Chief Guest, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs. The seminar is part of the country’s efforts to raise public awareness about cybercrime prevention.

Cyber Safety

• A set of activities and other measures intended to protect cyberspace networks, related hardware and devices software, and the information they contain and communicate, including software and data from all threats including threats to national security.

India’s Cyber Safety threat

Digital India Vision

• India is one of the fastest-growing markets for digital technologies fuelling the government’s push towards actualising its Digital India mission.
• Whether creating broadband highways or rolling out services such as Digi Locker and e-governance schemes like the Jan Dhan Yojana, the government has pushed for as much digital adoption as possible.
• Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana 45 crore new accounts have been opened and 32 crore RuPay Debit Cards have been distributed in the last 8 years.
• BharatNet is also developing very fast, 5.75 lakh km of fiber cable has been laid and work has been done to connect 1.80 lakhvillages in the last 8 years which was less than 10,000 8 years ago.

Increasing footprint of Digital activities

• India now has over 1.15 billion phones and more than 700 million internet users and makes it a large pool of digitally vulnerable targets.
• In January 2020, India had the second largest Internet user base with over 550 million Internet users.
• In 2021, 40% of the total global digital payments took place in India.
• Digital Inclusion increases the potential of digital threats leading to cyber-attacks and crimes.

What are the Present Government Initiatives for Cyber Safety

Cybercrime portal

• It aims to enable citizens to report online content pertaining to Child Pornography/ Child Sexual Abuse Material or sexually explicit content such as Rape/Gang Rape (CP/RGR).

Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)

The prevention of cybercrimes is being handled through seven pillars under I4C and CIS Division of Ministry of Home Affairs –

1. National Cyber Crime Threat Analytics Unit
2. National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal
3. National Cyber Crime Training Centre
4. National Cyber Crime Research and Innovation Centre
5. Joint Cyber Crime Coordination
6. National Cyber Crime Ecosystem Management Unit
7. National Cyber Crime Forensic Laboratory