Cyber Security Policy to Safeguard Businesses

Keeping the businesses of the enterprise industry safe and secure, Union Minister of Communications and IT, Kapil Sibal released the National Cyber Security Policy for the benefit of the enterprise community. Addressing the need of the policy, Sibal underlined that this policy should be seen as about protecting of information, such as personal information, financial/banking information, sovereign data etcetra.

He says, “Information empowers and in order to empower people with information, we need to secure the information data.” He also flagged the need to distinguish between data which can freely flow and data which needs to be protected.
Sibal also pointed out that the real challenge is in the operationalisation of this policy. He also states, “Government, through incentives and subsidies will need to support Small and Medium Enterprises for accessing the technology to make their systems safe.” He also called on businesses to set aside finances for keeping themselves safe in cyber space.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister of state for Communications and IT, Milind Deora congratulated all stakeholders and especially officers in the department who worked towards the formulation of the policy. He underlined that this policy will help protect our sovereign assets.

The ‘National Cyber Security Policy’ has been prepared in consultation with all relevant stakeholders, user entities and public.

The policy aims at facilitating creation of secure computing environment and enabling adequate trust and confidence in electronic transactions and also guides stakeholders’ actions for protection of cyberspace.
The National Cyber Security Policy document outlines a road-map to create a framework for comprehensive, collaborative and collective response to deal with the issue of cyber security at all levels within the country.

The policy recognises the need for objectives and strategies that need to be adopted both at the national level as well as international level.
• The objectives and strategies outlined in the National Cyber Security Policy together serve as a means to:
i. Articulate our concerns, understanding priorities for action as well as directed efforts.
ii. Provide confidence and reasonable assurance to all stakeholders in the country (Government, business, industry and general public) and global community, about the safety, resiliency and security of cyberspace.

iii. Adopt a suitable posturing that can signal our resolve to make determined efforts to effectively monitor, deter and deal with cyber crime and cyber attacks.