{"id":34039,"date":"2022-12-15T04:03:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T22:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=34039"},"modified":"2025-04-20T08:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T02:52:21","slug":"draft-national-cyber-security-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/draft-national-cyber-security-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Draft National Cyber Security Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>About NSCS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Guiding Principles of draft National Cyber Security Strategy<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>News Summary<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>According to the central government, the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) has formulated a <strong>draft National Cyber Security Strategy<\/strong>, which holistically looks at addressing the issue of security of national cyberspace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Background:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The National Security Council (NSC) of India is an executive government agency established in 1998 and tasked with advising the Prime Minister&#8217;s Office on matters of national security and strategic interest.<\/li>\n<li>The NSC is the<strong> apex body of the 3-tiered structure<\/strong> of the national security management system in India.<\/li>\n<li>The 3-tiers are the Strategic Policy Group, the National Security Advisory Board and a <strong>secretariat from the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>About National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS):<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>NSCS is the apex agency looking into the political, economic, energy and strategic security concerns of India.<\/li>\n<li>National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC) works under NSCS and coordinates with different agencies at the national level for cyber security matters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the guiding principles of Draft National Cyber Security Strategy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Risk-based approach:<\/strong> To be adopted by the private sector, the government, academia and civil society in assessing and responding to cyber-related threats or issues.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multi-stakeholder approach:<\/strong> To enhance the effectiveness of all key stakeholders in improving the cybersecurity posture by recognizing the various roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders.<\/li>\n<li><strong>External Co-operation: <\/strong>The Strategy will also promote bilateral, regional and international cooperation, recognizing the borderless nature of cyberspace.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Respect for the rule of law and human rights:<\/strong> To promote, protect fundamental human rights and freedoms of citizens.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capacity development:<\/strong> To address fast changing cybersecurity issues and developments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Socio-economic development:<\/strong> To ensure cyberspace is fully leveraged by broader socio-economic development, facilitate sustainable socio-economic development across the entire nation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Addressing Cybercrime:<\/strong> To promote and facilitate both individual and collective action in tackling cybercrime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>News Summary:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Minister of Electronics and Information Technology\u2019s reply in the Lok Sabha:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>In response to a question from Lok Sabha members following recent cyber-attacks (for example, <strong>AIIMS<\/strong>, Delhi), the Minister stated that the NSCS had developed a draft strategy, <u>but no date for implementation or other information was provided<\/u>.<\/li>\n<li>This year, a total of 12,67,564 cyber security incidents were reported, compared to 14,02,809 such events in 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi-test.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/content\/ckeditor\/2023\/03\/24\/image-20230324102035-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>H3: Image Caption: Cybersecurity Incidents in India<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Minister said its policies were aimed at ensuring an <strong>open, safe, trusted and accountable internet for the users<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Measures being taken for cybersecurity:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (<strong>CERT-In<\/strong>) issues alerts and advisories regarding latest cyber threats\/vulnerabilities and countermeasures to protect computers and networks.\n<ul>\n<li>CERT-In is a functional organization to secure Indian cyberspace.<\/li>\n<li>It monitors Indian cyberspace and coordinates alerts and warning of imminent attacks and detection of malicious attacks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>CERT-In operates the <strong>Cyber Swachhta Kendra<\/strong> (Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre) to detect malicious programmes, to provide cyber security tips and best practices for citizens and organizations.<\/li>\n<li>CERT-In and the Reserve Bank of India jointly carry out a cyber security awareness campaign on \u2018<strong><u>Beware and be aware of financial frauds\u2019<\/u><\/strong> through the Digital India Platform.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre<\/strong> (<strong>I4C<\/strong>), under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has been designated as the <u>nodal point in the fight against cybercrime<\/u>.<\/li>\n<li>The MHA has issued <strong>National Information Security Policy and Guidelines<\/strong> to the Central Ministries as well as State governments and UTs with the aim of preventing information security breaches and cyber intrusions.<\/li>\n<li>Pursuant to the <strong>UN resolution<\/strong>, an ad-hoc committee to elaborate a \u2018<strong>Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of ICTs for Criminal Purposes\u2019<\/strong> was established.\n<ul>\n<li>As a member of the committee, India has proposed <strong>criminalization of cyber terrorism <\/strong>under the said Convention.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1) What is CERT-In?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>CERT-In is the national nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents as and when they occur. It perform the following functions in the area of cyber security: Collection, analysis, and dissemination of information on cyber incidents.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Q2) What is CSK BOT removal tool?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In a joint effort with Cyber Swachhta Kendra under CERT-In, Ministry of Electronics and IT, MicroWorld has built a Bot Removal Tool that assists clients in removal of botnet infection and other malware from their computers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Security Council Secretariat has drafted National Cyber Security Strategy to address cyberspace issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":34040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-34039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}