Madhya Pradesh Agency for Promotion of Information Technology

(A CERT-In Empanelled organisation of Govt. M.P Under Dept. of Science & Technology)

## 1.Introduction- Cyber Security & Risk

In today's information -age is as such where everyone shares a common cyberspace with ever increasing penetration of internet technology in the day to day affairs of one's life . The world has become an interconnected village and everyone is connected via common cyberspace. This global interconnection has provided us with many opportunities on one hand & at the same time it has increasingly posed risk of cyber security and governance. Cyber Security is an important vertical of organisations working under various domain such as government, non-government, corporates, financial, educational institutes, defence etc. An organization's dependence on cybers pace is becoming an ever increasing important aspect pertaining organizational security. As different organizational infrastructure are introduced into cyberspace or a limited intranet/cloud, the level of risk exposure increased to a level where national security concerns start to weigh in. The threat to cyber security is ever growing with varied landscape and attack/threat surface. Globally cyber risk is of great concern for all the enterprises which make use of it. Almost 42 % of the organizations globally rank Cyber Security as their top concern and priority, even more so than the natural disasters, terrorism and traditional crime. The industries such as banking and economy, defence, information and energy, healthcare are the core targets of the cybercrime. The government sector witnessed 136% increase in cyber threats and the financial organizations witnessed a 126% increase in last 5 years.

## 2.Global Scenario for Cyber Threats

Cyber security can pose a major threat to our social, personal and professional spheres of life. The intruders might tamper with the websites and can view the confidential data in our system without our consent. They can also steal our valuable information like passwords, ID 's etc. Cyber risk is not only limited to social networking sites or global enterprises, it is rather a big threat for the government as well as for the society too. The crimes like cyber trafficking, online gambling, forgery, financial crimes, cyber trespass, industrial espionage etc. is going viral in the World Wide Web all around the world. The expansion of connectivity offers abundant opportunities for businesses, governments, and individuals, but also significant risks, especially those related to cyber security. In 2014, Microsoft produced a report called Cyberspace 2025: Today's Decisions, Tomorrow's Terrain, which examines the complex relationship between policies and the development of ICT. The report forecasts the challenges and risk that cyberspace and cyber security might unfold over the next decade. Thus, it is very important for government & non-government organizations to take Cyber Security as a serious issue.

## 3.Cyber Security Scenario in India

As we grow more dependent on the Internet for our daily activities, we also become more vulnerable to any disruptions caused in and through cyberspace. The rapidity with which this sector has grown has meant that governments and private companies are still stuck in a catchup modefor both the scope and meaning of security in cyberspace and apportioning the responsibility accordingly.

### Cyber Security in India

India has observed a significant increase in cyber-attacks against financials and government organizations with 34% and 43% increase in both of these respectively, up from last year's 15% and 19%, as revealed in the latest CERT-In report. National security has traditionally been the sole responsibility of governments. But as the world transitioned into the information age, with increased dependence on information infrastructure for the production and delivery of products and services, the new responsibility of securing the critical information infrastructure (CII) against the rising number of cyber-attacks has come within the ambit of national security. This new responsibility is not, however, solely that of the government; but the private sector now has a major role to play as more and more CII are found to be owned and operated by the Dept. of IT (DIT). Various critical IT-dependent infrastructure have been identified as such, namely Defense, Finance, Energy, Transportation and

State IT Center, 47-A, Arera Hills, Bhopal -462011, Tel: +91-755-2518702

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