India gears up to fight hackers

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2988604.stm

By Habib Beary 
BBC reporter in Bangalore 
14 June, 2003

India's first internet security centre is due to become operational in 
July. 

The centre will aim to prevent cyber attacks on key defence, business 
and government establishments. 

The project is being handled by the central information technology 
ministry with the help of the US-based security group, Cert. 

Cert is a research and development centre run by the Carnegie Mellon 
University that helps improve internet security. 

Security concerns 

The date for the launch of the net security centre was announced by 
India's Information Technology Secretary Rajiv Ratan Shah in the 
southern Indian city of Bangalore. 

Mr Shah said the government was keen to counter cyber attacks on 
defence, business and government organisations. 

Based in the capital, Delhi, the centre is expected to cost up to 
$20m. 

A second centre will be set up in Bangalore at India's leading 
research organisation, the Indian Institute of Science. 

The government is also planning to introduce a bill in parliament 
which will seek to protect data, to address the security concerns of 
companies both Indian and foreign. 

"We are ready with the draft of the act which will help in building 
confidence of customers to outsource work from here", Mr Shah said in 
an address to a conference organised by India's software body Nasscom. 



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