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Bit by bit, India begins raising data security standards
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:11:27 -0500 (CDT)
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/Internet-/Bit-by-bit-India-begins-raising-data-security-standards/articleshow/4452745.cms By Joji Thomas Philip ET Bureau 27 Apr 2009 NEW DELHI: India seems to have woken up to the poor standards of its data security, with the government seeking help from telecom companies, software makers and internet service providers (ISPs) to frame regulations and raise encryption levels, a measure of data security. Recommendations from market and banking regulators to step up data security may have prompted the move, along with improved technological capabilities of the country’s intelligence agencies to monitor data exchanges. Encryption means converting data and emails into codes that travel through the network and later get reassembled into the original form. The government seeks to raise encryption levels from the present 40 bits to 128 bits, before eventually moving to 256 bits, which is the standard in Europe and the US. A higher encryption level will ensure more secure financial transactions on personal computers and cell phones. It is also vital for protection from hackers. Most western countries do not allow financial transactions on the internet through computers and mobile handsets, if the encryption level is less than 128 bits. [...]
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