C-DAC launches PKI awareness program

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C-DAC launches PKI awareness program

PKI is central to E-commerce, E-governance and other activities related to the Internet

Monday, September 01, 2008

BANGALORE, INDIA: C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing), the premiere R&D institution involved in design, development and deployment of advanced IT-based solutions under the Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India, organized a symposium on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in Bangalore.

The symposium is the first in a series of seminars to be held at six cities: New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Thiruvananthapuram) in the next six months under the banner 'PKI Outreach Programme (POP)' to create awareness on the important topic of PKI, central to e-commerce, e-governance and other activities related to the Internet.

As part of the campaign, C-DAC will offer three types of programs; one day symposia, two day workshops and three day training programs, across the country during the next two years. These programs are targeted to provide insight into the PKI for adapting secure communications over the cyberspace on applications on e-governance, online transactions, E-commerce, etc.

S. Ramakrishnan, Director General, C-DAC, inaugurated the programme and said: "Given the rapid spread of internet in the country and the vulnerabilities of the users, it is important for India to develop the eco-system for building secure E-Commerce. The broad-band revolution and next generation mobile revolution driven by 3G will fuel growth in this segment and putting together PKI has to go hand-in-hand with broad-based participation and awareness to ensure safe and exponential growth. By conducting this pioneering series, C-DAC has been given an important technology as well as promotional role."

The symposium was attended by top officials from various government departments, police and fire forces, industries, banking and financial institutions, professionals and academia. The objective of the National launch on PKI was to create wide scale awareness among various user communities across all segments, under the auspices of the Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA), Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India.

C-DAC Electronics City, Bangalore is pursuing research and development in the areas of intrusion detection and prevention, network security, language technology and software technologies. C-DAC pursues R&D in Cyber forensics, Crypt-analysis, stenography and end-system security at various labs located across the country.

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Ram said on 9/1/2008 10:45:34 AM:
India has done a good job by enacting a cyber law. It is the 12th country of the World having a cyber law. It covers areas like e-governance, e-commerce, cyber contraventions and cyber offences. However, some critics and cyber law experts have questioned the strength of IT Act, 2000. It would be prudent to analyse the exact position that applies to Indian cyber law. According to Mr. Praveen Dalal, the Leading Techno-Legal ICT, Cyber Law, Cyber Security and Cyber Forensics Specialist of India, “Although India has done a good job by enacting the IT Act, 2000 yet it failed to keep it updated. For instance, we need express provisions and specified procedures to deal with issues like Denial of Service (DOS), Distributed Denial of Services (DDOS), Bot, Botnets, Trojans, Backdoors, Viruses and Worms, Sniffers, SQL Injections, Buffer Overflows, etc. These issues cannot be left on mere luck, implied provisions or traditional penal law of India (IPC). Even issues like cyber war against India or cyber terrorism against India have not been incorporated into the IT Act, 2000 yet”. Some of these issues are also cross-linked with capacity building requirements of India in the field of cyber security in India and cyber forensics in India. A crucial truth that India failed to appreciate is that e-governance in India is useless till we are capable of securing it as well. Without the crucial capabilities in the fields of cyber security and cyber forensics, India is heading towards a big trouble. Even the basic “e-mail tracking” procedures are sometimes posed as a big challenge before the law enforcement in India. Interestingly, some of the legal experts have shown their support for prosecuting owners of e-mail addresses and Internet Protocol addresses relying upon “common law principles” not knowing exactly the nature of the Internet.

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Dear Sir/Madam We are in the process of constituting a Working Group on Cyber Law in India headed by Mr. Praveen Dalal, the Leading Techno-Legal ICT, Cyber Law, Cyber Security and Cyber Forensics Specialist of India. The same would consist of leading Organisations, Institutions, Industrial and Professional Bodies, Members of Civil Society and NGOs, Governmental Representatives, Lawyers, Judges, etc who have sound knowledge and expertise in the field of Information and Communication Technology. The interested persons or institutions are requested to join us and contact us as soon as possible as there would be limited number of members of this group. Kindly contact us at editorlnav at rediffmail dot com and perry4law at yahoo dot com in this regard with relevant particulars and details. Kindly see legalnewsandviews dot blogspot dot com for more details and forward this information to others as well. Regards Editor Legal News and Views

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Kunal said on 9/1/2008 10:38:15 AM:
Dear Readers. We are in the process of building a “National Consensus” on the vital National Issues like enactment of a sound and safer cyber law in India, establishment and development of effective cyber forensics capabilities in India, giving attention towards cyber security in India, establishment of e-courts in India, etc. All of you are requested to send their views, comments, suggestions, etc to Mr. Praveen Dalal at perry4law@yahoo.com and pd37@rediffmail.com through e-mails. All the contributions would be duly acknowledged and every effort would be made to incorporate the same in the “Final Draft” that would be sent to the Government of India, Department of Information Technology, Department of Science and Technology, Prime Minister’s Office, President’s Office, etc. We respect privacy of our viewers and friends and will not divulge the e-mails and other details, including surnames, of our friends, unless expressly requested by them.

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Kunal said on 9/1/2008 10:37:48 AM:
Dear Readers. We are in the process of building a “National Consensus” on the vital National Issues like enactment of a sound and safer cyber law in India, establishment and development of effective cyber forensics capabilities in India, giving attention towards cyber security in India, establishment of e-courts in India, etc. All of you are requested to send their views, comments, suggestions, etc to Mr. Praveen Dalal at perry4law@yahoo.com and pd37@rediffmail.com through e-mails. All the contributions would be duly acknowledged and every effort would be made to incorporate the same in the “Final Draft” that would be sent to the Government of India, Department of Information Technology, Department of Science and Technology, Prime Minister’s Office, President’s Office, etc. We respect privacy of our viewers and friends and will not divulge the e-mails and other details, including surnames, of our friends, unless expressly requested by them.

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