Lok Sabha Question No. 3544 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-02
Subject: NCCC
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: B.V. NAYAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3544

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 02.01.2019

## NCCC

## 3544.  SHRI B. V. NAIK :

Will  the  Minister  of  ELECTRONICS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) the details of projects being implemented by National Cyber Security Coordination Centre (NCCC) under various phases;
- (b) the amount earmarked and released for NCCC in the last three years;
- (c) the  number  of  cyber  crimes  awareness  workshops  organised  for  police  officers, judicial officers and other personnel; and
- (d) whether the coordination among various stakeholders has been effective in handling cyber crimes and cyber security of the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):   Government has set up National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC) to generate near real-time  macroscopic  view  of  the  cyber  security  threats  in  the  country.  The  primary objective  of  the  centre  is  to  scan  the  cyberspace  in  the  country  at  meta-data  level  and generate  near  real-time  situational  awareness.  NCCC  is  a  multi  stakeholder  body  and  is implemented  by  Indian  Computer  Emergency  Response  Team  (CERT-In)  at  Ministry  of Electronics  and  Information  Technology  (MeitY).  NCCC  will  provide  a  structured  system and facilitate coordination among different agencies by sharing with them the meta-data from cyberspace for taking action to mitigate the cyber security threats. Phase-I of NCCC has been made operational since July, 2017.  The next phase is to setup a full-fledged Centre.
- (b):  The project National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC) was approved in April 2015 with  an  outlay  of  Rs.  770  crores  for  a  period  of  five  years.  No  funds  was  earmarked  and released in the years 2015-16 and 2016-17.  An amount of Rs. 36 crore was earmarked for NCCC in the financial year 2017-18 and approx. Rs. 21 crore was released. In the current financial year, an amount of Rs. 44 crore has been earmarked, of which approx Rs.1.0 crore has been released till November, 2018.
- (c):    Conducting Cyber Crime Awareness Workshops for police officers and other personnel is not in the mandate of NCCC.
- (d):  NCCC being a multi stakeholder body, shares macroscopic view of incidents with the stakeholders for their respective actions including identification of affected systems at userend and risk mitigation.

The  Indian  Computer  Emergency  Response  Team  (CERT-In)  interacts  with  stakeholder organisations  in  different  sectors  such  as  finance,  defence,  power,  telecom  etc  and  sends tailored  alerts  and  advisories  to  Chief  Information  Security  Officers  (CISOs)  of  such organizations  on  regular  basis  for  prevention.  CERT-In  also  interacts  with  stakeholder organisations for resolution of incidents. CERT-In conducts cyber security mock drills in coordination with stakeholder organizations to  enable  assessment  of  cyber  security  posture  and  preparedness  of  organizations  in

Government and critical sectors.

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