India may revise law to boost cyber security: RK Sudhanshu

NEW DELHI: The Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) is gearing up to bring in new encryption and privacy policies to cater to evolving cyberspace, RK Sudhanshu, joint secretary cyber laws and e-security said on Friday.

The department is already engaged in this detailing exercise and may amend the law to make cyberspace more secure, Sudhanshu said at a national conference on cyber security, ‘Cyberix 2016: Securing Digital India’, held under aegis of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

“Likewise, the department would also unveil new encryption and privacy policies so that data protection relating to information and technology is aligned and catered to in an effective manner,” Sudhanshu said.

He said that the existing cyber laws have not been able to keep pace with recent cybercrimes and require suitable amendments. Brigadier MU Nair said with innovations in the cyber and IT landscapes, sensitivities relating to data protection in the Indian army, air force and navy are becoming vulnerable, and call for collective steps to make cyberspace “foolproof and infallible”.

Stressing on the need for security education and awareness programmes, Atul Anand, co-chairman of the committee on electronics and ICT at the industry lobby said that testing labs and National Threat Intelligence Centre have been put up to reduce the risk of cybercrime and evolve new strategies regarding cybersecurity, thus securing Digital India for the country’s socioeconomic growth.