It calls for tech-revamp of cyber-crime labs

An industry study has highlighted the importance of cyber security as a key enabler to ensuring India’s internal security.

“Establishing high end cyber labs with critical inspection capabilities and continuous capacity building are key for ramping up cyber security,” said said an ASSOCHAM-EY joint study ‘Homeland Security-Digital frontiers’.

“Deployment of these cyber labs across all industry sectors and critical government infrastructure can address the ever growing threat to the economy, government departments and financial institutions,” it stressed.

As part of the holistic approach to cyber security solutions, the study suggested for technological revamp of existing cyber-crime labs, setting up open source intelligence monitoring and collection facilities along with cyber-forensic lab.

It further recommended for continuous capacity building and training for cyber-crime investigators and professionals engaged in homeland security.

It also suggested that to mitigate the risks, security needs to be built into devices by design instead of being retrofitted that tends to be imperfect and risky. fii-news.com