In a bid to make the nation cyber-secure, India will release the cyber security strategy policy in January 2020. This will also enable the country in becoming a USD 5-trillion economy, according to the statement of an official said.
“India’s cybersecurity strategy policy will be released in January 2020 and will enable the government to cyber-secure the nation. The government’s vision of a USD 5-trillion economy will be helped to a great extent by this effort,” said Rajesh Pant, National Cyber Security Coordinator on cyber policies, at an SKOCH event.
He further stated that the major requirement for internet safety is enhanced effective coordination between ministries that are overseeing different aspects of cyber security, proper critical infrastructure protection and public-private partnership.
He added that partnership with private sector becomes essential for critical information infrastructure. Ajeet Bajpai, Director General of the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre, said even a small country like Israel has allocated USD 20 million as the annual budget for cyber security.
“Considering the size and scale of our nation, we need approximately Rs 25,000 crore budget for the same. The biggest question is where this money will come from? Also, there is a need to emphasise on the need to make cybersecurity mandatory as a subject at the university level for high-decibel awareness,” Bajpai said.
Ashwini Mahajan, national co-convener, Swadeshi Jagran Manch, said, “Data is Oil. While other countries have oil resources as a big opportunity to gain revenue, our country by taxing can use data mining as a revenue generating avenue”.