TN govt introduces E-security policy

Vital information to be protected among government departments

PTI | March 2, 2011



The Tamil Nadu government today introduced an 'E-Security policy to protect vital information communicated among government departments.

"With increasing use of IT during government functions, it has become necessary to safeguard information passed. Any disruption in this critical infrastructure will have impact on citizens, economy and in government services.

In view of this, E-Security policy has been introduced," an official press release said here.

The purpose of the policy, launched by state IT minister Poongothai today at the Secretariat, is to define a set of minimum information security requirements that shall be met by all departments, it said.

The government has also entered into an tripartite agreement with Wipro Ltd, Tamil Nadu E-governance agency for offering citizen-centric services through the State Portal and State Services Delivery Gateway (SSDG) to reduce number of people who need to visit government offices to access multiple portals for information, it added.

The total cost of this project was estimated at Rs 16.13 crore, it said.


 

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