The importance of security in e-Governance
(expresscomputeronline.com) - 07 July 2008
At the Sabha, Anil Sagar, Additional Director, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) said, “As computer systems have become more user friendly and easy to access, their adoption has grown phenomenally. As a result, we have a scenario wherein multiple operating systems and infrastructure.....
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VeriSign India Supports Government of India and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Efforts to Drive Awareness of Online Security
(indiaenews.com) - 01 May 2008
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, today announced it is sponsoring a government-led initiative to drive awareness of Internet security issues throughout India.....
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CII and CERT-In
join hands for Consumer Information Security Awareness week
[Confederation of India Industry(CII)] - 28 April 2008
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) along with Department of Information Technology and Computer Emergency Response Team -India (CERT-In) have established the Information Security Advisory Forum....
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Hacking on the rise in India cyberspace
(NDTV.com) - 27 April 2008
Amid growing concerns of cyber security threats, hackers had wrecked the Indian cyberspace and defaced 612 websites in March, showing a two-fold rise in such crimes compared to February.
According to statistics of the Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In)....
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Afilias and CERT-In Sign MoU to Improve Internet Security in India
(Business Wire EON) - 13 February 2008
Afilias, a global provider of registry services, today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team(CERT-In) to....
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Cyber security: CERT-In ropes in Quick Heal
(Times of India) - 11 September 2007
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Pune-based leading anti-virus software developer, Quick Heal Technologies, for co-operation in the area of cyber security......
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McAfee Teams Up With CERT-IN
(Biztech2.com) - 03 April 2007
McAfee, a security technology company, has announced its advisory partnership with CERT-IN, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team. McAfee will be the anti-malware advisory partner to CERT-IN.....
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India and Mauritius sign MoU in ICT sector
(Press Information Bureau) -22 March 2007
A Memorandum of Understanding between Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), Department of Information Technology of the Republic of India and National Computer Board (NCB) of the Republic of Mauritius on Cooperation in Information Security was signed.....
[More] 5200 websites defaced last year: CERT-In
The Economic Times - 08 January 2007
NEW DELHI: Over 400 Indian websites
came under attack by hacker groups during December 2006, compared to 340 sites
that were defaced during the previous month.
This takes the total
number of websites that were defaced during the full year (2006) to about 5200,
according to data by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)....
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CERT-In Participated in APCERT International Incident Handling Drill 2006
On 19 th December, 2006 Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT) conducted APCERT International Incident Handling Drill, 2006. This annual drill was aimed to test the timeliness and response capability of leading Computer Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) from Asia Pacific region... . [More]
1,752 websites hacked in first half of this year
Times of India, Delhi - 27 December 2006
... In the first half till June this year, 39 '.gov.in' websites were defaced, which is 15% of the total number of hacked
sites in the '.in' domain while 81 '.co.in' websites were defaced in this period, according to Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In) which handles computer securities incidents....
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Hackers target 4,000 Indian websites
FiRST - 26 December 2006
... Almost half of the websites targeted during November were in the .com domain (for commercial websites), according to Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)....
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Conmen spread their phishing net in cyberia
Hindustan Times, New Delhi - 16 December 2006
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has got over 200 complaints about phishing this year ...
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IT law amendment will protect websites: Maran
India eNews, India - 12 July 2006
... Maran added that the government had taken a number of initiatives like the setting up of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) that provides ...
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The importance of network security
Hindustan Times, New Delhi - 23 May 2006
The importance of network security has even prompted the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) to sign a MoU with Cisco Systems on security...
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Red Hat, CERT-In to educate on security advisories
CRN-India, India - 24 Mar 2006
Red Hat has joined hands with CERT-In, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team to educate Red Hat Enterprise Linux users on dealing with security...
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Red Hat Partners with CERT-In in Security
Red Hat, India - 23 Mar 2006
Red Hat (NASDAQ: RHAT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions to the enterprise, today announced their partnership with CERT-In, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team ...
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Cisco Systems, CERT-In Sign MoU
EFYTimes, India - 16 Mar 2006
Cisco Systems and Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) have signed an MoU to address the increasing Internet security threats faced by information infrastructures...
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Cisco, CERT-In MoU on security cooperation
CIOL-Mumbai, India - 14 Mar 2006
Cisco Systems and Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on security cooperation in India...
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Govt warns of new computer virus, Windows OS under attack
Hindustan Times, India - 05 Mar 2006
... mailing and its variants, is spreading in the wild to attack Microsoft Windows systems, said the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), which is ...
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Computer users warned of new virus
Financial Express - Bombay, India - 03 Mar 2006
... operating system. The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), working under DIT termed the worm as very destructive. The worm ...
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INDIA-US CYBER SECURITY FORUM - FACT SHEET
Press Information Bureau (press release) - New Delhi, India - 02 Mar 2006
... CERT-In and US National Cyber Security Division will share expertise in artifact analysis (ie analysis of traces of virus / worm software), network traffic ...
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India-US to counter cyber crime
Times of India, India - 02 Mar 2006
...It has been agreed that the law enforcement agencies - Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the Department of Information Technology and US ...
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Stress on close public-private cooperation for cyber security
hindu.com, India - 08 Feb 2006
... The network of Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERT) in different countries, including India (accessible on the Internet at www.cert-in.org.in) was evolving ...
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Challenges for growth in the IT landscape
fecolumnists.expressindia.com, India - 04 Feb 2006
... The setting up of the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (www.cert-in.org.in), launching of the National Skills Registry for IT professionals by Nasscom... [More]
The worm turns: No PC crashes reported
domain-b.com, India - 03 Feb 2006
...In a press release, Gulshan Rai, director, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT In), has advised, "To detect and protect your data from the Win32/Mywife.e@mm, also known as Black Worm or Kama Sutra worm ... [More]
Kama Sutra keeps CERT on its toes
rediff.com, India - 03 Feb 2006
The dreaded mass-mailing worm expected to strike computers across the world today has kept the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, set up by the Department of Information Technology ... [More]
KamaSutra's impact marginal
thehindubusinessline.com, India - 03 Feb 2006
... However, we are careful and are maintaining a vigil," Dr Gulshan Rai, Director, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), ... [More]
Need For Global Tie Up To Boost Cyber Security
Indlaw.com, India - 18 Jan 2006
... part of the infrastructure for supporting and educating the community in information security, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has been ...
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Dayanidhi Maran Launches National Skills Registry for IT Professionals
Press Information Bureau (press release), India - 18 Jan 2006
... initiatives taken for strengthening the information security in the country, Shri Maran said that Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In ) has been ...
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Indo-US Cooperation To Tackle Cyber Crime
Indlaw.com, India - 17 Jan 2006
... CERT-In and the US National Cyber Security Division agreed to share expertise in artifact analysis, network traffic analysis and exchange of information.
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$ Bill lines up invest manual
Indian Express, India - December 7, 2005
Heavy-Duty meetings with political leaders on Day One of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates’ fourth visit to India held out the promise of major investment announcements once he goes public on Wednesday.
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Phishing by Indian servers
Hindustan Times, New Delhi - December 7, 2005
People all over the world are being phished through servers of some of India's well-known internet service providers (ISPs). The government has a list of 23 organisations, including US finance majors Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase that have reported phishing of their users by Indian servers.
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Microsoft to invest $1.7 bn in India; push e-governance
Keralanext, India - December 7, 2005
IT major Microsoft is to invest $1.7 billion in India and also partner the government in pushing e-governance and help add value to the manufacturing sector. "The investment will be made over a four-year period. It is meant to create a digitally inclusive society, strengthen the local knowledge economy and make India a major hub for our research," Microsoft boss Bill Gates announced at a press conference here Wednesday that was attended by IT and Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran.
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Microsoft Government Leaders Forum Builds Public-Private Partnerships, Economic Opportunity
Microsoft - December 6, 2005
Microsoft Corp. greeted nearly 200 delegates at the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum (GLF) Asia today with good news about the digital divide: Ongoing public-private partnerships are narrowing the gap of economic opportunity and helping build knowledge-based economies in underserved countries and regions.
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Bill Gates' 7-point India plan
Rediff, US - September 22, 2005
Microsoft Corporation India on Thursday announced a strategy aimed at supporting India's ministry of communication and IT in its efforts to address the issue of the digital divide in India.
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Cyber crimes: 18 auditors appointed
Sify, India - Apr 23, 2005
New Delhi: In the backdrop of heightened concerns over cyber security, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has decided to empanel 18 security auditors, including Satyam, TCS, PWC and Sify, to identify vulnerabilities in the network infrastructure of various companies and organisations.
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India goes for stricter security norms in vital sectors
Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran - Apr 23, 2005
India is moving towards securing its vital sectors like power and telecom
keeping in mind the ever present threat to security from cybercrime, reported
the 'Economic Times' here on Saturday.
Under the new system, wrote the paper, corporate and government entities had to file annual reports on compliance of the security norms with the National Information Bureau.
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India raises the security bar to rein in e-crime
Economic Times, India - Apr 22, 2005
NEW DELHI: Are you the head of a government-run entity or the chief information
officer at a public or private sector organisation in the “critical infrastructure” (power and telecom) arena?
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TCS, Satyam to conduct security audit
Sify, India - Apr 22, 2005
New Delhi: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Satyam Computers are among 18 firms empanelled as security auditors by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) to tackle the rising number of cyber crimes and ensure network security.
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Indo-US event stresses on cyber laws
CIOL, India - Apr 21, 2005
NEW DELHI: With India striving towards bridging the 'digital divide', issues
related to cyber security cannot be neglected.
Over the past couple of years, India has witnessed a tremendous increase in Internet penetration. However, this has increased the vulnerabilities of networks and the overall Internet infrastructure. Tighter security guidelines and procedures are mandatory to address issues related to Internet security.
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CERT-In empanels 18 security auditors to check cyber crimes
Deepika, India - Apr 21, 2005
... Delhi, Apr 21 (UNI) To tackle the rising number of cyber crimes and ensure network security, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has empaneled 18 ...
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Future crime on the Net
The Stateman: ( Date:Aug 09,2004).
.....Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), made by the Government of India to keep a tab on computer crime, has warned Indian Net users of such 'Phishing attack'. [More >>]
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