Experts call for national body to prevent cyber crimes

Cyber secrecy and network security concerns industry experts

PTI | April 4, 2011



Industry experts today called for creating a national body and stepping up legal framework to facilitate cyber data protection in the country.

"Cyber secrecy and network security are extremely relevant in today's context," Assocham's cyber law committee chairman Pavan Duggal said at a global conference on 'Safeguarding the Digital Economy'.

Industry experts demanded for creating a national body to evolve a fine balance between cyber data protection and privacy of citizens as society and businesses have become part of a huge electronic ecosystem.

They also demanded a detailed regulatory, legal and policy-enabling regime to facilitate further protection and preservation of cyber security.

There is a need to ensure that relevant stakeholders are not burdened with costs of compliance in a manner that makes businesses impossible or that has an extremely detrimental impact on them, experts said.

"The government is working on a Rs 2,000-crore criminal tracking network project which is aimed at seamless connectivity among 16,000 police stations across the country, allowing them to share information on crimes and criminals in real-time," Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs B Bhamathi said.

Assocham's secretary general DS Rawat said cyber security issues are a major concern for corporates worldwide.

However, he said the chamber?s vital suggestions have been accepted by the Parliamentary Consultative Committee and incorporated in the Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008.
 

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