India requires better arrangements and intense partnerships with extra safeguards in the domain of cyber security. Examine (200 Words)
Refer - Financial Express
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IAS Parliament 4 years
KEY POINTS
Cyberattacks have grown. There were over 18 million daily malware and phishing emails related to COVID-19 monitored by a single email provider, in addition to more than 240 million COVID-19-related daily spam messages.
No global commons
· Borderless cyberspace, as a part of the “global commons” does not exist. It is an illusion that connectivity across national boundaries nurtured. The Internet depends on physical infrastructure that is under national control, and hence is subject to border controls too.
· States are responsible for cybersecurity, enforcement of laws and protection of public good. States are responsible for their actions, as well as for actions taken from within their sovereign territory.
· The infrastructure on which the Internet rests falls within jurisdictions of many states with differing approaches. Cyberspace has multiple stakeholders, not all of which are states.
Gaps in current processes
· The net result of the UN exercise has been an acceptance that international law and the UN Charter are applicable in cyberspace; a set of voluntary norms of responsible state behaviour was agreed to in 2015. What aspects of international law and in what circumstances will be applicable remains to be addressed.
More engagement needed
· Despite the digital divide, the next billion smart phone users will include a significant number from India. As India’s cyber footprint expands, so will space for conflicts and crimes (both of a private and inter-state nature).
· We have a very active nodal agency for cybersecurity in the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, of which we are a member, voiced support for a code of conduct. India joined the Christchurch Call which brought together countries and companies in an effort to stop the use of social media for promoting terrorism and violent extremism.
· Acceding to the Budapest Convention, or Convention on Cybercrime of the Council of Europe (CETS No.185), which started as a European initiative but has attracted others, is an option that we should examine.
aswin 4 years
please review
aswin 4 years
IAS Parliament 4 years
Try to include about Budapest convention. Keep Writing.
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Sanjeev Kumar Singh 4 years
Please review sir.. Thankyou
IAS Parliament 4 years
Good attempt. Keep Writing.
