Upon the Cabinet approval, the National Cybersecurity Strategy 2020 is expected to come up soon with the aim of making the country’s cyberspace safe, secure and resilient, according to the information from a top official.
“We are sending a draft of the National Cybersecurity Strategy 2020 to a few ministries and then it will be put up to the Cabinet,” Lt. Gen Rajesh Pant, the National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC) chief said.
“We are among the few countries that have come up with Cybersecurity policy in 2013 and conducted a gap analysis,” he further added. The comments were sought on securing national cyberspace, strengthen the structures, people, processes and capabilities, as well as synergise resources including cooperation and collaboration.
“2020 is going to be the benchmark year as the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill 2019 is being debated by the expert committee of the Parliament,” Pant said. As per him, the government is also in talks with companies like Mastercard for facial recognition, Iris-based identification and location with the aim of making more effective security roadmap. “Cyber-threat is there but there are people to tackle it,” he added.