Cyber
security in India is an alien concept for Indian
government for long. Even the Modi government is currently not in a
position to tackle the cyber
security challenges of India with its current approach and
policies. Anybody can target India for various forms of cyber attacks
and cyber crimes and India has become a land of no resistance for the
crackers.
According to Praveen
Dalal, managing partner of New Delhi based ICT law firm
Perry4Law
and CEO of Perry4Law’s Techno Legal Base (PTLB),
India is a Sitting
Duck in the Cyberspace and Civil Liberties Protection
Regime. Malware like Stuxnet,
Duqu,
Flame, Uroburos/Snake,
Blackshades,
FinFisher,
Gameover
Zeus (GOZ), etc cannot be tackled by India due to lack of
Offensive
and Defensive Cyber Security Capabilities. Cyber
Security Breaches are increasing World over and India must
be “Cyber Prepared” to deal with the same. The Cyber Security
Challenges before the Narendra Modi Government are not easy to manage
and Indian
Cyberspace must be protected on a “Priority Basis”.
Whether it is Congress government or Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) government, none of them have done anything
significant in the directions of ensuring effective cyber security
laws and privacy
laws in India. For instance, the Modi government has done
nothing except summoning of few officials of United States for
blatant violation of privacy
rights of Indians and invading Indian cyberspace.
According to Dalal “We cannot “Enact Laws” but
we can use “Counter Technologies” to prevent Illegal and
Unconstitutional E-Surveillance and Eavesdropping. Self
Defence and Privacy Protection in India must be ensured by
us at our own levels. The initiatives titled PRISM
Break and Reset
the Net are the “Starting Point” in this regard”. If
Modi government fails to safeguard privacy
rights in the information era, self defence seems to be
the only available option for Indian citizens.
