CYBER PROTECTION BODY IN INDIA

1. The National Cyber Coordination Center (NCCC)  has received in-principal approval from Cabinet  Committee of Security  on 19 January 2014. Though the project was in pipeline since May 2013,  it did come in force.

2. The NCCC will be like one point for monitoring all incoming and outgoing traffic on Internet in the country, through the ISP. The in-principle approval has rolled out a bigger plan to keep an eye in internet traffic. Then it will go to Cabinet Committee  for Economic Affairs for allotment and release of funds. The NCCC will work closely with the Economic Offences Wing (EoW) in Central Bureau of Investigation to tap cases of illegal online money transfer.

3. Responsibility of the NCCC:

The NCCC would be responsible for,

             a. Cyber Intelligence

             b. IP traffic Analysis.

             c. Screening all forms of Meta data.

             d. Cyber security.

            e. Coordination between various Intelligence agencies.

            f. Streamline Intelligence gathering and

            g. Alert all affected agencies during Cyber attack.

4. Points of Concern:  Though the NCCC will be concentrating on meta data, ordinary netizens are likely to feel naked to the prying eyes of government. They may feel cheated because

 a. No clear privacy laws.

 b. Lack of transparency in intelligence gathering.

5. There are various government agencies setup for coordination between various intelligence gathering agencies. But the political issues has hampered the working of these agencies. For example National Cyber Security Policy 2013 released in August is yet to be ratified.

6. Conclusion:

Being optimistic, one wishes all the best to this new organisation as the efforts are on to recruit professionals to the tune of fifteen lakh for raising Cyber Army to counter Chinese and US threats. Now the Government  of India  has declared to setup the NCCC by March 2014. The NCCC will coordinate with the National Disaster Management Authority and the Indian Metrological Department to execute the five-year project worth Rs. 1,305 crore.