The Cyber Threat - India Legal

The Cyber Threat - India Legal

By Shivanand Pandit


Cyber security cases are skyrocketing in India, making India the third most wedged by network attacks in the world. According to the latest information, till June 2022, India has reported more than 6,74,000 cyber security cases—almost 3,700 cyber attacks a day! From banking and financial organizations to Covid-19 vaccine research centres to PSU major Oil India Limited—a variety of establishments came under cyber attack during the two years of the pandemic. Overall, health and banking were among the sectors that were hit the hardest. While these attacks were effectively thwarted, these have emphasized the necessity for a continuous vigil and global support or cooperation.


The Union Minister of State, Home Affairs, Ajay Kumar Mishra, in a written response to a question in the Lok Sabha, said that a total of 3,94,499, 11,58,208, 14,02,809 and 6,74,021 cyber security incidents were detected in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 (till June), respectively, in India. He also said that the information was reported to and observed by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in).


According to Mishra, the government has implemented several actions to improve cyber security and stop cyber attacks, including frequently releasing several warnings and advisories about the recent ongoing cyber threats and security faults and providing security actions to protect computers and networks. The minister also mentioned that the government manages an automated cyber threat exchange platform in order to proactively collect, examine and share personalized warnings with organizations across different sectors for them to take proactive risk mitigation activities. He added that the government has established rules for chief information security officers, specifying their key tasks and responsibilities for protecting apps and infrastructure and appointed 97 security auditing establishments to support and check the applications for information and best security practices.There were numerous cyber attacks that happened in the prev ..

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