[ISN] Cyber war: Army says its systems are hack-proof

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Cyber-war-Army-says-its-systems-are-hack-proof/articleshow/4336279.cms

Times of India
31 March 2009

NEW DELHI: The Army is geared up for skirmishes in the digitised 
battlefield as well. The force is quite confident that its information 
systems are quite "secure'' from hostile strikes in the backdrop of 
China-based hacker groups increasingly mounting attacks on computer 
networks across the globe.

"We have put in place a very secure network and I can confidently say 
that it cannot be tampered with,'' said signal officer-in-chief 
Lt-General P Mohapatra on Monday.

"There are various cryptographic controls that we have put in place and 
there are training activities to ensure that no loss of information 
takes place,'' he added.

Lt-Gen Mohapatra's statement comes in the wake of reports that a vast 
cyber spy network controlled from China has hacked into nearly 1,300 
government and private computers across 103 countries, including those 
of the Indian embassy in Washington and the Tibetan spiritual leader 
Dalai Lama.

As earlier reported by TOI, the Army is boosting the "cyber-security'' 
of its information networks right down to the level of divisions, which 
are basically field formations with over 15,000 troops.

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