What are the cyber security challenges in India?

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  1. The threat of terrorism has posed an immense challenge in the post Cold War period. Terror attacks in major cities, towns and tourist resorts across the globe have demonstrated the inadequacy of the State mechanisms to address this challenge. Serious attempts have been made by Nations to address this challenge by designing counter terrorism strategies and anti terror mechanisms. However, most of there are designed in a conventional paradigm, which might be effective in a conventional terror attack. However, there are limitations when it comes to a terror attack of an unconventional nature.
  2. Information technology (IT) has  exposed the user to a huge data bank of information regarding everything and anything. However, it has also added a new dimension to terrorism. Recent reports suggest that the terrorist is also getting equipped to utilize cyber space to carryout            terrorist attacks.The possibility  of such attacks in future cannot            be denied. Terrorism related to cyber is popularly known as               'cyber terrorism'.
  3. As brought out earlier India has carried a niche for itself in the IT Sector. India's reliance on technology also reflects from the fact that India is shifting gears by entering into facets of e-governance. India has already brought sectors like income tax, passports visa under the realm of e -governance. Sectors like police and judiciary are to follow. The travel sector is also heavily reliant on this. Most of the Indian banks have gone on full-scale computerization. This has also brought in concepts of e-commerce and e-banking. The stock markets have also not remained immune. To create havoc in the country these are lucrative targets to paralyze the economic and financial institutions. The damage done can be catastrophic and irreversible. Some challenges and concerns are highlighted below
  • Lack of awareness and the culture of cyber security at individual as well as institutional level.
  • Lack of trained and qualified manpower to implement the counter measures.
  • Too many information security organisations which have become weak due to 'turf wars' or financial compulsions.  A weak IT Act which has became redundant due to non exploitation and age old cyber laws. No e-mail account policy especially for the defence forces, police and the agency personnel.  Cyber attacks have come not only from terrorists but also from neighboring countries inimical to our National interests.
Regards
Tajwar khan

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