CERT-In received 96,383 cybercrime complaints from January through September - 79 percent more per month than in 2013. What can information security leaders do to improve defenses and reduce these complaints?
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology late Friday released the long-awaited draft of a data protection bill, which now faces Parliamentary debate. The bill, which would require most data about Indians to be stored domestically, was drafted by a committee of experts headed by Justice B.N. Srikrishna.
The ongoing dispute between the government of India and social media firms over privacy issues heated up this week when WhatsApp filed a lawsuit attempting to block new rules that require the tracing of the origin of certain instant messages.
Although CERT-In says the hacking of Indian websites declined dramatically this year, based on reports it has received, some security experts argue that many hacking and other cybercrime incidents are never reported.
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, or MeitY, plans to create a "challenge grant" program to support cybersecurity startup companies in an effort to encourage domestic development of innovative technologies.
The government of India reports an increase in the annual number of cybersecurity incidents. But what is being done to curb this increase? Security experts offer their recommendations for tracking and reducing these crimes.
Prime Minister Modi's 'Digital India Week' is an initiative to end corruption through digitization of processes. Security experts say success depends on the security platforms through which services are delivered.
The India parliament is considering a new Aadhaar amendment bill that would introduce a host of changes in line with the Supreme Court's decision that Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory for identification and authentication for certain private-sector purposes.
After initial protests, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft, along with major payment firms, have indicated they plan to comply with the Reserve Bank of India's payment data localization mandate and meet the Oct. 15 deadline. Security experts analyze the impact of the data storage shift.
WhatsApp has agreed to appoint a grievance officer for India who will handle complaints about fake news. The nation's government had demanded the action in the wake of recent mob violence triggered by fake news spread on the social media platform. But will the appointment have a significant impact?
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