- The Cyber Security Policy 2.0 has been released by the Tamil Nadu government.
- The main aim of the policy is to protect the information assets of the government (infrastructure, software, citizen services).
- It has listed steps for ensuring the protection of assets of the government through guidelines, and standard operating procedures (sop) for audit, compliance and monitoring of cyber threats and attacks.
- It will develop a comprehensive security risk reduction strategy, establishing security capabilities and infrastructure for layered security of mission-critical systems and data.
- The Cyber Security Policy 2.0 will supersede the Tamil Nadu Cyber Security Policy 2020.
- The latest policy has incorporated inputs from the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), and the Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency.
- This policy has given the mandate to all state government departments to nominate officials to coordinate with the Cyber Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT).
