India hosted the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity – a congregation of some of the best minds on cyberspace issues across the world during 16 & 17 November 2017 in New Delhi. The Conference was organized by Cyberlaws.Net & Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates. The Conference was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, Justice Dipak Misra. He stressed upon the need for concentrating on emerging legal, policy and regulatory issues concerning cyberspace, and the need for all stakeholders including lawmakers and judiciary to be more aware about the nuances of emerging cyber technologies. He highlighted the growing necessity for the judiciary to be up-todate with the latest trends concerning cyberspace as the said issues would be coming before them for adjudication in the coming times.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the conference, Steven Wilson, Head, EUROPOL Cybercrime Centre highlighted the practical dangers that cyber criminals are posing to states and other stakeholders across the world, and how there is a need for coordinated international approach to deal with emerging challenges concerning cybercrimes and the darknet. He specifically pointed out the misuse of Internet of Things by cyber criminals, and also the increased use of the Darknet and increasing cyber security breaches are the new realities of today.
Justice Dipak Misra
The Conference Director Pavan Duggal, Advocate, Supreme Court of India and an internationally renowned expert and authority on Cyberlaw and Cybersecurity welcomed the delegates and highlighted the very rapidly evolving yet changing landscape concerning Cyberlaw in the digital ecosystem, and the need for lawmakers and all stakeholders to deal with the legal and policy issues concerning cyberspace in a more effective, holistic and pragmatic manner. He further highlighted the need for nations to come up with dedicated cyber security legislations to deal with increased breaches of cyber security as also emphasized the need for more international work to be done on attribution of cyber acts. He pointed out the significance of cyber sovereignty and how different nations are adopting different approaches to protect and preserve their cyber security.
Advocate, Supreme Court of India
The Conference had dozens of distinct sessions with more than 150 speakers across the world. Some of the prominent speakers at the conference included Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India; Alfredo M. Ronchi, General Secretary of the European Commission- MEDICI Framework; Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India; Dr. Ajay Kumar, Additional Secretary, Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India; Dr. Gulshan Rai, Chief Information Security Officer, Prime Minister’s Office, Gov- ernment of India; Dr. Vikram Singh, IPS, Former Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh Police; Stuti Narain Kacker, Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), and so on.
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Judge Supreme Court of India chaired the extremely interesting session on Cybercrime, which came up with interesting recommendations on how to tackle with the emerging challenges of cybercrime in today’s scenario.
The Conference further came up with the Outcome Document which highlighted various specific outcomes of the Conference including steps that need to be taken by the international and national stakeholders in order to further address legal, policy and regulatory issues concerning cyberspace.
The Valedictory Session of the Conference was addressed by Hon’ble Justice Madan B. Lokur, Judge, Supreme Court of India, and Hon’ble Justice Ms. Gita Mittal, Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.
