The third Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit 2012 is
under progress and lots of media reports are emerging that are
discussing about it. Almost all of them are talking about topics like
spam and marketing calls.
However, these are not the issues that must be
neither discussed nor reported for a worldwide cyber security
event. When cyber security is discussed, there are many
more issues like cyber war, cyber terrorism, critical infrastructure
protection, etc that deserver more attention and coverage.
In these circumstances, this event seems to be
another conference with no substantial contribution towards Indian or
global cyber security initiatives. Even Indian government and its
representatives have no idea whatsoever what issues of Indian cyber
security must be dealt with on a priority basis.
India is presently facing many cyber security
challenges
and problems.
These challenges and problems pertain to diverse fields and are
complicated in nature. Naturally, cyber
security problems, issues and challenges management in India
is not an easy task. Various cyber security stakeholders are trying
to tackle novel cyber
security issues in India but with moderate success.
Cyber security, like any other initiative, requires
dedicated, actual and ground level work. If the actual work and will
is missing, thousands of partnerships and conferences cannot bring
any result.
In the past as well we have heard this question
“Will
the Second Worldwide Cyber Security Summit of London Succeed”?
After more than a year of posing of this question, it seems to
have been answered in “negative”. Coincidentally, the Third
(3rd) Worldwide Cyber Security Summit of New Delhi, India 2012
is in progress. Now the question is “Will
the Third (3rd)
Worldwide Cyber Security Summit of Delhi Succeed”?
In the absence of actual and practical efforts in
the direction of ensuring cyber security in India, mere conferences
and policy formulation would not bring desired results. Of course,
real and effective techno legal cyber
security initiatives of India like National
Cyber Security Database of India (NCSDI) and Cyber
Security Research and Development Centre of India (CSRDCI)
can be really helpful in bringing ground level and actual cyber
security improvement and strengthening efforts in India.
Let us hope that India would move forward from mere
declaration and conferences to actual and ground level works.
