Takshashila Discussion Document - The Draft National Cyber Security Policy

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Executive Summary

The Department of Information Technology, Government of India issued a discussion draft on National Cyber Security Policy on 26th March 2011 and invited comments on it. In our opinion this draft of the national policy is a considerable initial step and the government should be commended for being attuned to the threats and challenges facing the management of cyberspace and taking steps to address them. We feel that the document substantially addresses several areas and processes related to cyber security, particularly incident response, vulnerability management and infrastructure security. However, we have identified some areas of improvement, including scope, ownership, resource allocation and management, technical and non-technical controls, which we present for the government’s consideration. This document provides comments and feedback on the draft.

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Rohan Joshi
Rohan Joshi

Rohan Joshi was a Fellow at Takshashila focusing on Indian strategic affairs and foreign policy towards Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Middle East. He was also a contributing panel columnist at Pragati — The Indian National Interest Review.

Srijith K Nair
Srijith K Nair

Srijith K Nair worked as a former Fellow on Cybersecurity Studies at Takshashila in the past. He covered matters of cyber strategy, with an emphasis on the different kinds of cyber-threats that are important from an Indian national interest perspective, including concerns arising from the actions of both State and non-State actors. He is currently the Product Owner at Booking.com.

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