Indian army's cyber terrorism strategy

The Indian Border is not the only
place where our Defence Forces
battle against enemies to protect
us, but also face attacks in the
Digital Area. Attacks on the
Indian cyber space are
multiplying by the minute. This
increase is not just in the
frequency but also in the
complexity of the virtual assaults.
Such cyber strikes are launched
by hackers who mostly hail from
Pakistan and China, who in verity
rob more than six million
electronic files worldwide every
day. It is also true that a new
malware was developed every
0.79 seconds totaling the
number of malwares to a
staggering 25 million in 2009.
This definitely corroborates the
fact that the Indian army would
undergo constant cyber threat
which could take the shape of
denial-of-service cyber-attacks
or lethal computer viruses. The
requirement for Cyber-Security
in India is still due to be fulfilled.
Are the Defence forces geared
up to counter this battle; which
apparently seems more deadly
than violent missile strikes to
most army officials? Well, the
Indian military force has decided
to extend the ‘cyber-security’
from the level of divisions
(which are basically field
formations with over 15,000
troops) to the Top Military Brass.
All data, information or facts
related to the Indian army and
defence forces will be secured
via electronic passwords with
zero possibilities of hacking
them. The integration of
cryptographic systems and the
Computer Emergency Response
Team (CERT) to Defence Systems,
would quarantine viruses,
worms, malwares and avoid
cyber attacks that are aimed at
the army’s intelligence and
information systems.
Besides this, army officials also
plan to carry out cyber audit
procedures handled by the Cyber
Security Personnel as per
security standards ISO 27001.
Such audits along with
measuring performance of the
Defence Systems against
established standards also help
in detecting loopholes in the
present security systems. Army
officials have also started
upgrading their security systems
accordingly owing to the
dynamic nature of cyber threats;
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