Despite the government's legislative, technical and institutional measures for addressing issues related to cyber security, the number of cyber-attacks have gone up rapidly. Examine (200 Words)
Refer - The Indian Express
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IAS Parliament 5 years
KEY POINTS
Initiatives by government
· Cyber Swachhta Kendra (Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre) has been launched for providing detection of malicious programmes and free tools to remove such programmes.
· Issue of alerts and advisories regarding cyber threats and counter-measures by CERT-In.
· Issue of guidelines for Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) regarding their key roles and responsibilities for securing applications / infrastructure and compliance.
· (vi)Formulation of Crisis Management Plan for countering cyber attacks and cyber terrorism.
· (ix) Conducting cyber security mock drills and exercises regularly to enable assessment of cyber security posture and preparedness of organizations in Government and critical sectors.
Cyber attacks/ scams
· A common link between all the victims seems to be that they are well-educated. They blindly believe in the cyber fraudsters, who get in touch with them over mobile phones and through social media, and get cheated.
· Online fraudsters manage to collect a large amount of information about their potential victims.
· This bulk data is sold to cyber fraudsters, who then contact these people by making phone calls, sending SMSs and emails etc about fraudulent schemes like online lotteries.
Preventive steps that can be taken
· Citizens should avoid submitting details like bank account numbers, ATM card numbers and other information with strangers or any unknown person over the phone.
· Suspicious online offers and messages, or emails sent by unknown persons, should be ignored.
· It is essential that banks conduct stringent verification of KYC documents while opening bank accounts.
· Also, citizens should report to the police any suspicious contact numbers and emails that offer fraudulent schemes.
· No money transfers should be made to any bank account without confirmation about the scheme offered online by any website.
Chinna 5 years
Kindly review... thank you...
IAS Parliament 5 years
Good attempt. Keep Writing.
IAS Parliament 5 years
KEY POINTS
Initiatives by government
· Cyber Swachhta Kendra (Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre) has been launched for providing detection of malicious programmes and free tools to remove such programmes.
· Issue of alerts and advisories regarding cyber threats and counter-measures by CERT-In.
· Issue of guidelines for Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) regarding their key roles and responsibilities for securing applications / infrastructure and compliance.
· (vi)Formulation of Crisis Management Plan for countering cyber attacks and cyber terrorism.
· (ix) Conducting cyber security mock drills and exercises regularly to enable assessment of cyber security posture and preparedness of organizations in Government and critical sectors.
Cyber attacks/ scams
· A common link between all the victims seems to be that they are well-educated. They blindly believe in the cyber fraudsters, who get in touch with them over mobile phones and through social media, and get cheated.
· Online fraudsters manage to collect a large amount of information about their potential victims.
· This bulk data is sold to cyber fraudsters, who then contact these people by making phone calls, sending SMSs and emails etc about fraudulent schemes like online lotteries.
Preventive steps that can be taken
· Citizens should avoid submitting details like bank account numbers, ATM card numbers and other information with strangers or any unknown person over the phone.
· Suspicious online offers and messages, or emails sent by unknown persons, should be ignored.
· It is essential that banks conduct stringent verification of KYC documents while opening bank accounts.
· Also, citizens should report to the police any suspicious contact numbers and emails that offer fraudulent schemes.
· No money transfers should be made to any bank account without confirmation about the scheme offered online by any website.
Abhilasha 5 years
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IAS Parliament 5 years
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Vicky 5 years
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IAS Parliament 5 years
Try to cut short the introduction part and underline the key words. Try to write answers in simple sentences, crisp and short and maintain the structure of the answer. Discuss why the cyber attacks gone up rapidly and mention some government initiatives, measures to taken to prevent cyber attacks. Keep Writing.
