India, Mauritius to beef up info' security

NEW DELHI: Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), a body under the Department of Information Technology, India, and the National Computer Board of Mauritius today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperating on Information Security.

According to the MoU both the governments will collaborate on best practices in the filed of information security risk profiling and emergency security alerts. The two countries will also share information related to computer security threats ann counter measures.

Talking to CyberMedia News after signing the MoU, Union Communications and IT minister Dayanidhi Maran said that the agreement was important in the context of increase in the number of attacks. “Both the countries will now develop joint proposals to keep themselves update on the worldwide trends on various kinds of viruses and malwares.

To implement the scope of cooperation, the two countries will set up an India-Mauritius Working Group on Information Security, which will be entrusted with setting-up of communication channels for exchange of information. The group will also advice in developing an action plan and implementing the Mauritius Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-MU), on the lines of CERT-In.

The working group will be involved in capacity building for the staff who will be involved in the CERT-MU with respect to security incident handling and reporting, analysis of threats, vulnerability assessment, security advisories and helpdesk support. It will train Chief Information Officers (CIOs) of Mauritius in the area of Cyber security. Developing skills through exchange programs, training programs and seminars in the field of IT security, exchanging of technical experts are also part of the MoU.

Etienne Sinatambou, Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunications, Mauritius, said that the MoU was the first step in bilateral cooperation in ICT sector between the two countries.

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