India’s cyber infrastructure needs more than patches For Mains The concerns about cybercrime in India: According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), there has been an increase in cases of cybercrime from 12,317 in 2016, to 50,035 cases registered in 2020. However, despite […]
National Automated Fingerprint Identification System Context: · Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) on Wednesday (August 17), at the two-day National Securities Strategies (NSS) Conference 2022 held in New Delhi. · According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, NAFIS, which […]
Virtual Private Network (VPN) Context: Recently, The Government of India has issued notices to virtual private network (VPN) service providers to adhere to the rues released by Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In). What is VPN? Virtual Private Network, as the name suggests is an intermediary which […]
Cyber Armageddon Context: Military and cyber experts fear that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict would lead to cyberattacks, resulting in a “cyber Armageddon” with serious consequences for civilians in Ukraine and Russia, as well as the rest of the world, due to a spillover effect. Following […]