Cyber Swachhta Kendra Launched by CERT-In to Prevent Cyber-Attacks
By Prempal Singh
At the same time when cyber-attacks are increasing day by day, the federal government through its Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in) on Tuesday launched Cyber Swachhta Kendra – a new desktop and mobile security solution for a secure cyber space in the area.
The new solution will inform, permit cleaning and secure systems of end-users to avoid further infections.
“Launched Internet Swachhta Kendra (Botnet cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre), an imp milestone in several initiatives taken on cyber-security,” tweeted Union THAT and Electronics Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
“Launched UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS Pratirodh, which will control the unauthorised consumption of removable USB storage mass media devices like pen pushes, external hard drives. Introduced App Samvid, to protect Desktops from suspicious applications from running,”the minister added.
USB Pratirodh is a desktop security solution that controls the consumption of removable storage space media like pen pushes, external hard drives and other USB-supported mass storage space devices.
M-Kavach tool offers a comprehensive mobile device security solution for Google android devices addressing threats related to mobile phones.
The move provides a time when over 50, three hundred cyber-security incidents like scam, website intrusions and defacements, virus and denial of service attacks have recently been observed in the country during 2016.
“As every the knowledge reported to and tracked by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), an overall total amount of 44,679, 49,455 and 50,620 cyber-security incidents were noticed during the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, correspondingly,”Minister of Condition for Electronics is IT PP Chaudhary said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha before this month.
The Internet Swachhta Kendra is part of the government of India’s Digital India effort under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
The Cyber Swachhta Kendra complies with the objectives of the Country wide Cyber Security Policy which aims at building a secure cyber eco-system near your vicinity.
The botnet and malware cleaning analysis centre was declared in 2015 with an outlay of Rs.95crores.
According to the new website of the analysis centre, it will operate in close balance and collaboration with Internet services providers and antivirus companies.
Source: gadgets.ndtv.com