COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world in a drastic manner, teaching harsh lessons to humanity and also redefining people’s outlook towards threats hitherto dealt in a casual manner. Apart from challenging the health infrastructure, many other sectors including information technology and cyberspace have seen the threat landscape undergoing dynamic changes. Cyber-crime has witnessed an extraordinary 500 per cent increase during COVID-19 underscoring an urgent need of devising robust infrastructure to safeguard the country’s cyberspace. National Security Advisor Mr. Ajit Doval has laid out the Centre’s National Cyber-Security Strategy 2020 that envisions “a safe, secure, trusted, resilient and vibrant cyberspace for India’s prosperity” but given the rapidly changing threat perceptions from the dark web the country needs immediate and foolproof mechanism to instill more awareness and cyber hygiene among people.
The exponential rise in financial frauds due to greater dependence on digital platforms, especially during the coronavirus-forced lockdown, exposes people’s poor awareness on using such platforms and also bares open the gaping holes in cyber-security mechanisms employed by the respective institutions. India’s real challenge in securing its cyberspace lies in dealing with the general casualness prevailing in the society while using the digital platforms. It is same in every other sector that includes finance, governance, industry and defence. Cyber-security strategy has remained a work-in-progress activity in India. Despite making a major shift towards e-governance and digital finance, cyber-crime is a continuous threat for India’s cyber-security infrastructure.
The cyber world itself is an intriguing place with threats emerging at breakneck speed on each institution of critical importance. Experts have been warding off many such threats sent in the system through malicious domains and websites. Yet, the strike rate of cyber crooks is still far better than the saves made. This has been the story the worl ..
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