CDS Gen Anil Chauhan attended ‘Exercise Cyber Suraksha – 2024’, on May 22, 2024, and underscored the importance of strengthening India’s cyber defence capabilities.
Exercise Cyber Suraksha 2024
CDS Gen Anil Chauhan attended ‘Exercise Cyber Suraksha – 2024’, on May 22, 2024, and underscored the importance of strengthening India’s cyber defence capabilities. The comprehensive cyber defence exercise is being conducted by Defence Cyber Agency from 20 – 24 May 2024. It aims to further develop Cyber Defence Capability of all Cyber security organisations and promote synergy amongst all stakeholders.
The CDS highlighted the critical need for jointness among all stakeholders in the cyber domain and praised the initiative for fostering a collaborative environment to tackle emerging cyber threats. He commended the participants and staff for their dedication and efforts in organizing the Exercise.
Aim
Exercise Cyber Suraksha – 2024 aims to empower participants by enhancing their cyber defence skills, techniques and capabilities; share best practices and work towards a unified and robust cyber defence posture. It will promote jointmanship and synergy in planning and preparation of a Cyber Defence Framework.
New Facility to Tackle Cyber Crimes
The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) launched by the government. National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal has also been launched pan India.
It has seven components
•National Cyber Crime Threat Analytics Unit
•National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal
•National Cyber Crime Training Centre
•Cyber Crime Ecosystem Management Unit
•National Cyber Crime Research and Innovation Centre
•National Cyber Crime Forensic Laboratory Ecosystem
•Platform for Joint Cyber Crime Investigation Team.
Types
•Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attacks
•Botnets
•Identity Theft
•Cyberstalking
•Phishing
Measures Can be Taken to Tackle Cyber Crimes in India
•Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign
•Cyber Insurance
•Data Protection Law
•Collaborative Trigger Mechanism
