WHY CYBER SECURITY IS IMPORTANT FOR DIGITAL INDIA

WHY CYBER SECURITY IS IMPORTANT FOR DIGITAL INDIA

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The Cyber security Policy of 2013 is open and technology neutral. But it needs up gradation. The digital economy today comprises 14-15% of India’s total economy, and is targeted to reach 20% by 2024. India has more than 120 recognised ‘data centers and clouds.

The average data consumption per person a year is in the range of 15-20 gigabits. The growth rate in data generation is more than 35%. With more inclusion of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), data
analytics, cloud computing and Internet of Things (Iota), cyberspace will become a complex domain, giving rise to issues of a techno-legal nature.

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Sectors such as healthcare, retail trade, energy and media face advance persistent threats (APTs), as the latest reports of an Israeli spyware allegedly used to spy on Indian journalists and human rights activists attest. These incidents relating to data leakage, ransom ware, ATM/credit cards denial of service, diversion of network traffic intrusion in IT systems and networks using malware are on rise.

Attacks on embedded systems and   have also registered a sharp increase of late. Such incidents are being launched from cyberspace of different international jurisdictions.

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With over 320 billion online users and mobile penetration at a projected high of 215 million, there is not a more appropriate time to worry about cyber security.

Prime Minister in a recent address at Digital India said, “one click can change a lot of things”, and rightly so, as more and more enterprises, businesses, and individuals are faced with the risk of leaking important information with the world going digital with each passing day.

A digitally empowered economy benefits from:

§      Improved access of information

§      E-governance

§     Services on demand

Businesses are also on the other hand looking to obtain timely and relevant information which will help them to draw correct inferences and be able to get ahead in business development and stay on top of competition. Obtaining an edge in the information world depends on due diligence and in-depth mining of the vast data troves, to reduce financial risks and uncertainty.

It is important to understand the direct proportion in which data is connected to the number of people using the service.

Also, with most businesses having moved over the cloud, they have started depending on the security plugs being provided by service providers. A tightened need to secure individual infrastructure with IT has come to play.