Cyber
terrorism in India is not a new concept. However, for long
concepts like cyber
warfare, cyber
terrorism, etc were not taken seriously by Indian
government. Naturally, cyber
security in India also could not flourish. The cyber
security capabilities of India also could not develop in
such circumstances.
Techno legal experts of India have been warning
against growing incidences of cyber attacks, cyber crimes, cyber
espionages, etc against India. Further, the fact that critical
infrastructure protection in India is needed has also been
reiterated from time to time.
Sophisticated malware like Stuxnet
and Duqu
have already proved that critical infrastructures around the world
like power
grids, nuclear
facilities, satellites,
defense
networks, governmental
informatics infrastructures, etc are vulnerable to diverse
range of cyber attacks. The truth is that cyber
attacks are affecting Indian critical infrastructure and
we are not even aware of the same.
The cyber
law, cyber
crimes and cyber
security trends by Perry4Law
and Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB)
have shown the loopholes of Indian cyber security capabilities. It is
high time to plug in these loopholes
and deficiencies of Indian cyber security capabilities.
Menaces like cyber terrorism and cyber warfare
cannot be effectively tackled till we have both offensive and
defensive cyber security capabilities. Further, cyber
crisis management plan of India must be urgently
formulated and effectively implemented so that cyber terrorism can be
prevented in India.
These anti cyber terrorism solutions must be
implemented by India as soon as possible. Cyber
security skills development in India must also be ensured
so that we have a skilled cyber security workforce in India.
