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A Literature Review On Cyber Security in Indian Context

This document provides an overview of cyber security issues in India and key cyber law provisions. It discusses how the Information Technology Act of 2000 is the fundamental law dealing with cybercrime and electronic commerce in India. The act has been amended over time, including in 2008 to address offenses like cyber terrorism and voyeurism. The document also notes that cyber attacks in India increased significantly from 2014 to 2016 according to government reports. It provides background on the National Informatics Centre and discusses a task force report on improving India's cyber security challenges and structure.

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A Literature Review On Cyber Security in Indian Context

This document provides an overview of cyber security issues in India and key cyber law provisions. It discusses how the Information Technology Act of 2000 is the fundamental law dealing with cybercrime and electronic commerce in India. The act has been amended over time, including in 2008 to address offenses like cyber terrorism and voyeurism. The document also notes that cyber attacks in India increased significantly from 2014 to 2016 according to government reports. It provides background on the National Informatics Centre and discusses a task force report on improving India's cyber security challenges and structure.

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A Literature Review on Cyber Security in Indian Context

Important Cyber law Provisions in India :

Many authors have reported about the cyber treats, attacks and various other issues in Indian
context11-18. Cyber crimes can involve criminal activities that are traditional in nature, such as theft,
fraud, forgery, defamation and mischief, all of which are subject to the Indian Penal Code. The abuse of
digital solutions has also given birth to a range of new age crimes that are addressed by the Information
Technology Act, 2000. The Information Technology Act, 2000 (also known as ITA-2000, or the IT Act) is
an Act of the Indian Parliament (No 21 of 2000) notified on 17 October 2000. It is the fundamental law in
India dealing with cybercrime and electronic  commerce.  The  original Act contained  94 sections,
divided in 13 chapters and 4 schedules. The laws apply to the whole of India. Persons of other
nationalities can also be indicted under the law, if the crime involves a computer or network located in
India. A major amendment in this act was made in 2008. It introduced the Section 66A which penalized
sending of “offensive messages”. It also introduced the Section 69, which gave authorities the power of
“interception or monitoring or decryption of any information through any computer resource”. At the
same time it also introduced penalties for child porn, cyber terrorism and voyeurism.  It  was  passed  on 
22  December 2008 without any debate in Lok Sabha. The next day it was passed by the Rajya Sabha. In
India, at least one cyber attack was reported every 10 minutes in the first six months of 2017 20. In the
first quarter of 2017, as per the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), a total of 27,482
cases of cybercrimes have been reported across the world. With the higher percentage of cybercrime
coming forward this year, this number is expected to shoot up in future. India stands 11th in the ranking
for cyber crime in the world, with a toll of 3% of total global cyber crime21. United States of America
being technologically strong country is having various advanced techniques and tools to prevent the
cyber crimes but at the same time USA itself is having a forecast for spread of around 7.41 million new
malware specimens in 2017. It is easy to see that the cyber criminals are moving few steps ahead of the
cyber security personnel. According to National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) the total number of
incidents of cyber crime in India was 50,300 in 2016. As per the information reported to and tracked by
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), a total number of 44,679, 49,455 and 50,362
cyber security incidents were observed during the year 2014, 2015 and 2016, respectively. A total of
5,693, 9,622 and 11,592 cyber crime cases were registered during 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. A
remarkably growth can be seen in the number of cases registered in 2016 (50,300)22 .

The National Informatics Centre (NIC) was set up in 1975 with the prime goal of providing IT solutions
to the government. It is the prime nodal agency In India to provide IT services to the governmental
organizations. It has played a pivotal role in steering e-governance applications in the governmental
departments at national, state and district levels, enabling the improvement in, and a wider
transparency of, government services. Almost all Indian-government websites are developed and
managed by NIC.As in most countries around the world, the cyber security scenario in India is one of
relative chaos and a sense of insecurity arising out of the periodic reports of cyber espionage, cyber-
terrorism, cyber warfare and cyber crime. A detailed report on Indian status in the area of cyber security
has been presented by Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA) through its Task Force Report
India’s Cyber Security Challenge23. This report has presented the Indian cyber scenario, loop holes,
steps required to face Internet war (IW) and Cyber War (CW) in very systematic manner. It has also
proposed a probable structure of office which may be required to play the key-role in case of IW and
CW. Recently, the governments of India and the US have signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU), promising close cooperation and exchange of information around cyber security issues.

Shweta Ghate , P.K Agrawal (2017)

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