Deputy National Security Advisor Arvind Gupta on Friday stated that a public-private partnership (PPP) model was the key to prevent cyber attacks and called for the government and private organisations to generate awareness among people in India about such attacks.
“The internet has many stakeholders and the government is involved in terms of making laws and the private sectors are involved in creating technologies like hardware, software and so on and this can’t be seen in an isolated manner…. that’s why a PPP model is important,” said Gupta while speaking at the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) here.
Talking of the threat of hackers from China, Gupta said, “We have hardened our systems and we also have to have a proper insurance framework. It’s not specific to one country or other but we have to be prepared to meet threats from everywhere.”
ASSOCHAM also released a study named ‘Cyber and Network Security Framework’, according to which, during the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 (till May), a total number of 21,699, 27,605, 28,481 and 9,174 Indian websites were hacked by various hacker groups spread across the world.
According to the study, “Growing internet penetration and rising popularity of online banking have made India a favourite among cybercriminals, who target online financial transactions using malware and India ranks third after Japan and the US in the tally of countries most affected by online banking malware during the April-June quarter of 2014.” (ANI)