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The Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) in the field of cybersecurity between India and Japan..
Cybersecurity Between India and Japan
- MoC will enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest, which include inter-alia
- Capacity building in the area of cyberspace
- Protection of critical infrastructure
- Cooperation in emerging technologies
- Sharing information on cyber security threats/incidents and malicious cyber activities, as well as best practices to counter them
- Developing joint mechanisms for practical cooperation to mitigate cyber threats to the security of Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure etc.
- India and Japan commit to
- An open, interoperable, free, fair, secure and reliable cyberspace environment
- To promote the Internet as an engine of innovation, economic growth, and trade and commerce that would be consistent with their respective domestic laws and international obligations, and with their wide-ranging strategic partnership.
Cybersecurity Issues in India
India using the internet for all their needs including shopping, banking, studying, storing data, cyber crimes have also increased in proportion to usage. So cybersecurity emerged as the main component of the country’s overall national security and economic security strategies.
- Lack of national level architecture for Cybersecurity : There is no national security architecture that unifies the efforts of all these agencies to be able to assess the nature of any threat and tackle them effectively.
- Ransomware Attack : Ransomware is a type of malware in which the data on a victim’s computer is locked, and payment is demanded before the ransomed data is unlocked. After successful payment, access rights returned to the victim. Ransomware is the bane of cybersecurity, data professionals, IT, and executives.
Source : PIB
Topic
GS III : Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security
Current Affairs Compilation : 8 October 2020