Lok Sabha Question No. 314 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Cyber Physical System Mission
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: MOHANBHAI KALYANJIBHAI KUNDARIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 314

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 12.12.2018

## CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEM MISSION

## 314 SHRI KUNDARIYA  MOHAN BHAI  KALYANJI BHAI:

Will the Minister of Electronics & Information Technology be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether the Government has launched/proposes to launch Cyber Physical System Mission;
- (b) if so, the salient features and the objectives thereof;
- (c) whether cyber security has emerged as a very important and challenging field for the Government; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken to strengthen cyber security in the Country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR  ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI S.S. AHLUWALIA)

- (a): Yes, Sir.
- (b): The  Mission  will have major  activities  i.e.,  Technology  Development,  Human  Resource Development  (HRD)  &  Skill  Development,  Innovation,  Entrepreneurship  &  Start-Up  Ecosystem  and International Collaborations.
- (c) and (d):  Yes, Sir, security to the Physical Infrastructure and other infrastructure is one of the activities of the Cyber Physical System Mission.

Government  has  taken  following  measures  to  enhance  the  cyber  security  posture  and  prevent  cyber attacks:

- (i) Information  Technology  Act,  2000  was  enacted  to  deal  with  cyber  crime.  IT  Act  has  adequate deterrent provisions for cyber threats and cyber attacks.
- (ii) Government  has  established  Indian  Computer  Emergency  Response  Team  (CERT-IN)  under section  70B  of  the  Information  Technology  (IT)  Act,  2000  to  act  as  nodal  centre  for  incidence response. The details are available on its website (www.cert-in.org.in).
- (iii) Government  has established National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) as per the provisions of section 70A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 for protection of critical information infrastructure in the country.
- (iv) Government  has  formulated  Crisis  Management  Plan  for  countering  cyber  attacks  and  cyber terrorism  for  implementation  by  all  Ministries/  Departments  of  Central  Government,  State Governments and their organizations and critical sectors.
- (v) Cyber  security  exercises  and  trainings  are  being  conducted  regularly  by  CERT-In  to  enable assessment of cyber security posture and preparedness of organizations in Government and critical sectors such as Finance, Defence, Power, Telecom, Transport, Energy, Space, IT/ITes etc.
- (vi) Government has launched the Cyber Swachhta Kendra (Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre).
- (vii) Government  has  set  up  National  Cyber  Coordination  Centre  (NCCC)  to  generate  necessary situational awareness of existing and potential cyber security threats.
- (viii) National  Informatics  Centre  (NIC)  has  deployed  state-of-the-art  security  solutions  including firewalls,  intrusion  prevention  systems  and  ante-virus  solution.  Additionally,  periodic  security audits of resources are performed followed by subsequent hardenings.
- (ix) A  24*7  security  monitoring  centre  is  in  place  at  NIC,  for  detecting  and  responding  to  security incidents, including NIC-CERT and Centres of Excellence for Application Security.

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