Cyberspace is becoming a complicated zone to handle
and manage. Every country is trying its level best to adjust its
affairs in cyberspace. However, cyber criminals and cyber attacks are
much more ahead and advance than their prevention and remedies.
India is a late
entrant in cyber security field as it never gave
importance to cyber security related issues. In face, the research
works titled cyber security developments 2013
(pdf) and 2014
of Perry4Law
Organisation have shown many weaknesses in the cyber
security infrastructure of India.
The matter does not end here. The cyber
security trends in India in 2015 are also not very
promising. The problem with Indian cyber security initiatives is that
there is neither a legal framework nor any implementable policy for
the cyber security. Even the national
cyber security policy of India 2013 is suffering from
numerous weaknesses.
According to the projections
made by Centre
of Excellence for Cyber Security Research and Development in India
(CECSRDI), there are many complicated cyber security
challenges that are waiting for India in the year 2015. Some of the
areas of concern pointed out by CECSRDI are international legal
aspects of cyber security, state sponsored cyber attacks, increasing
use of malware, cyber espionage, cloud computing adoption in India,
mobile security and mobile governance issues, critical infrastructure
protection requirements in India, etc.
These issues must be analysed keeping in mind the
technology driven projects like Digital
India and Internet
of Things (IoT) (pdf) that have been launched without any
cyber
crisis management plan of India and establishment of
offensive
and defensive cyber security capabilities.
The cyber security trends have also projected that
malware like Stuxnet, Duqu, Flame, etc would be used more
aggressively in the year 2015. These malware are not only stealth but
they are also too sophisticated to be detected by India. Let us hope
that Indian government would consider cyber security as a top
priority area in the year 2015.
