[ISN] India scouts for cyber security firms, may ask embassies to help

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 02:05:08 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.livemint.com/2012/04/03233414/India-scouts-for-cyber-securit.html

By Shauvik Ghosh
Livemint.com
April 3 2012

New Delhi: India may request its embassies to search for cyber security 
entities that can be acquired by Indian firms to secure the nation’s 
computer networks and websites against hacking attacks.

The move is among various measures being taken by India’s national 
security establishment to beef up cyber security at a time when an 
increasing number of government websites are coming under hacking 
attacks.

“MEA (ministry of external affairs) may request missions abroad to look 
into high-end cyber security related enterprises or production units 
that could be acquired by Indian companies,” said an internal note of 
the last meeting of a sub-committee for international cooperation on 
cyber security, held on 16 March. The note was reviewed by Mint.

Government websites have seen a sharp rise in the instances of being 
hacked, Mint reported on 15 March. There were 112 reported instances of 
government websites getting hacked between December and February, Sachin 
Pilot, minister of state for communication and information technology, 
told the Lok Sabha.

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