Chennai:
tailored alerts and advisories to stakeholders depending upon specifications of hardware and software
Tamil Nadu government will soon be submitting a report on the presence of Critical Information Infrastructure ( CII) in the state whose destruction could have a debilitating impact on the economy and security of the nation.
This comes after the two-year- old National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC), which is under the administrative control of National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) sought the detail in order to send advisories to protect the critical information infrastructure.
It is learnt that Information Technology secretary has asked all the departments in the state to provide information on critical assets whose incapicitation or destruction will have debilitating impact on national security, economy, public health or safety.
NCIIPC is formed on January 16, 2014 after the Information Technology Act had been amended on 2008. It designated the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) as the national nodal agency for critical information infrastructure protection.
Sources said that once the information is provided to NCIIPC, then the Centre will send regular alerts and advisories to protect the critical information infrastructure.
It is learnt that the state government departmets would have to send details of hardware, software along with make, model and version of its critical assets.
Sources said that India’s Information Technology Act was reworked in 2008 with the aim of establishing National Cybers Security Framework following the rise of cyber vulnerabilities, threats and attacks as well as emergence of new threats.
Among the significant amendments, several touched on the protection of India’s Critical Information Infrastructure. While changes were made in 2008, the Gazette Notification came into being in January 2014 resulting in the formation of NCIIPC.
NCIIPC will protect systems from unauthorized access, modification, use, disclosure, disruption, incapacitation or destruction, through coherent coordination, synergy and raising information security awareness among all stakeholders.
Factfile:
1. NCIIPC was formed o January 16, 2014 after Gazette Notification of Information Technology Agreement amendment on 2008.
2. It is the national nodal agency to protect nation’s critical information infrastructure
3. It will protect and deliver advice that aims to reduce the vulnerabilities of critical information infrastructure against cyber terrorism, cyber warfare and other threats
4. Currently, it is sending
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