GOVT PROMISES SAFE AND TRUSTED INTERNET

                         From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: Minister of state for information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday released the guidelines for the government entities and industry to ensure open, safe and trusted and accountable digital space to help the public have a secure and trustworthy digital environment.

The guidelines have been released by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) to reduce the cyber risks, protect the citizens’ data and continue to improve the cyber security ecosystem in the country. They will serve as a fundamental document for audit teams, including internal, external, and third-party auditors, to assess an organisation’s security posture against the specified cybersecurity requirements.

These guidelines for Government Entities for Safe & Trusted Internet are available at https://www.cert-in.org.in/guidelinesgovtentities.jsp. They include various security domains such as network security, identity and access management, application security, data security, third-party outsourcing, hardening procedures, security monitoring, incident management, and security auditing.

Apart from adhering to the best practices in the field they also include guidelines prepared by the National Informatics Centre for Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and employees of Central Government Ministries/Departments to enhance cyber security and cyber hygiene.

The minister said, “The Government has taken several initiatives to ensure an open, safe & trusted and accountable digital space. We are expanding and accelerating on Cyber Security – with focus on capabilities, system, human resources and awareness.”

“The guidelines are an important part of our larger cybersecurity framework being built under the leadership of our PM Narendra Modi as India takes rapid strides towards $1 Trillion Digital Economy,” the minister added.