ThiruvananThapuram: The Head of Defense Staff (CD) General Bipin Rawat on Friday said the data protection bill, submitted in 2019 in parliament, needs to be cleaned earlier because theft of data has become a general crime in the virtual world.
Rawat, when inaugurated the 14th edition of ‘C0C0n’, the annual hacking and the safety of cyberspace, organized by Kerala police, said there was a need to synergize cyber security experts from various government departments to “secure our digital assets.” CD said India did not have a dedicated cyber security law and there was a need for a framework for managing virtual space at the national level.
“There is a need for a framework for managing virtual space at the national level.
Some government institutions handle cyber security.
Our defense services have cyber experts and state police have cyber cells.
There is a need to disseminate the efforts of experts working with different government ministries and entities Other private sectors to joint goals effectively secure our digital assets, “said Rawat.
In its virtual address, treatment said the emergence of digital payments had significantly increased the complex cyber crime and IT ACT 2000, which was changed in 2008 it needed to be updated further placing cyber security standards according to the nature of information and assets.
“Data protection is another important problem that we need to pay attention to.
Most countries have a data protection law.
The data protection bill submitted in 2019 has not yet reached finality.
We need to work together to make it earliest as data theft.
Has become a general crime in Virtual world, “he said.
Praying noted that according to estimates, virtual world crimes in India during global pandemics have risen by almost 500 percent.
“Cyber ​​criminals take advantage of security vulnerabilities to steal data, generate profits and cause interference.
Therefore cyber security is now not only PurView from some IT professionals but from each individual team,” he said.
Praying to congratulate the police of Kerala “because of the lead and fighting against dark forces in cyberspace”.
“The first step on the way to the victory was to recognize threats.
Therefore at first, I have to congratulate the police because it takes the initiative to recognize and recognize this all important non-contact war domains.
Identification, discussion, and deliberation of the preliminary phase To develop a pragmatic solution and start actions that can mitigate threats, “he said.
The conference, conducted by Kerala police in connection with two non-profit organizations, the community for the Cyberspace Police (Polcyb) and the Information Security Research Association (ISRA), will mainly discuss fraud and online defense during the locking period.
The Anilkant State Police Chief said this year various Crypto currencies, digital warfare and the role of the nation state among other issues would be discussed.
The conference was detained virtually so that people from all over the world could attend the event as the 13th edition of ‘C0C0n’ last year seeing more than 6,000 participants from all over the world.
This conference aims to discuss at the international level of the challenges facing the digital world during the Covid period and the solutions needed to overcome them.
This year’s theme ‘C0C0N’ is – improvising, adapting and overcome.
National and international experts will talk about various problems during the conference, which will conclude tomorrow, including cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, quantum computing, automotive cyber security, drone attack detection using in-depth learning, data security, cyber espionage and cyber warfare.
To encourage more women into cyber security and offer them the same opportunity to rise to the role of senior leadership, Kerala police invite more women, who play a leading role in cyber security, as a speaker for the 14th edition of ‘C0C0n’.