FICCI has recently organized a two-day conference on Homeland Security 2018 on the theme of ‘Cyber Crime Management’ in association with Vivekananda International Foundation. The Conference was inaugurated by S. S. Ahluwalia, the Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT who cautioned against indiscreet use of internet as it is fraught with grave threats of cyberattacks, thereby depriving the user of precious data and loss of privacy.
On the occasion, the Minister also released the FICCI-EY report on ‘Confronting the New-Age Cybercriminal: Disrupting the Web of Crime.’
National Cyber Security Coordinator at National Security Council Secretariat, Gulsan Rai called upon industry professionals to put their heads together to design a framework and system to test whether the processes in place were resulting in doing the job efficiently. He underlined the need for government, industry and other stakeholders to come together to evolve standards and guidelines on the use of systems to ward off cyber-attacks and create internal security systems to suit the country’s needs.
Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, Vivekananda International Foundation & former Deputy National Security Adviser suggested that India would do well to protect itself from the growing menace of cyber-crime through a series of measures, which include review of criminal justice system, greater investment in cybercrime management, creation of indigenous security products, laying down extensive testing infrastructure, greater contribution in setting security standards at international fora, legally empowering the national coordinator to deal with security issues, and high spending by industry on R&D.
FICCI President, Rashesh Shah, while lauding the work being done by the government to create digital infrastructure in the country, stressed the need for a robust mechanism to tackle the menace of cyber-crime. He suggested proactive cyber patrolling and monitoring of everything digital.
Rahul Rishi, Partner, Advisory Services, EY, said that to confront the new age cyber criminals, a well thought and effective cybercrime management strategy needs to be devised. If the law enforcement agencies have to win this battle, there is a need for a paradigm shift in the approach to policing. The focus needs to shift from conventional to contemporary methods with the right blend of upskilling, and upgrading the three pillars – people, processes and technology. Predictive policing is needed to disrupt the expanding web of crime.
“Self-regulation and exercise of utmost care in uploading and downloading information from the Net is a must as any indiscretion would lead to involuntarily aiding to the cyber criminals in their malicious intent. Training people and creating professionals trained in ethical hacking will play a major role in countering the designs of the cyber criminals”
– S. S. Ahluwalia
Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Govt. of India
