Cyber Crime, Cyber Security in
INDIA
Mohammed Amjadh A S
JE (NQA)
CQAE(MS) , Mumbai
CYBER SECURITY
Cyber Security is the body of technologies designed to
protect
• Network
• Computer
• Programs
• Data
from attack damage or unauthorized access
NEED FOR CYBER SECURITY
To protect equipment
To protect data
To protect money
To protect safety of organization and nation
To protect against terrorism
To protect against threats
Major security problems
• Hacking
• Email Bombing
• Trojan Attack
• Web Jacking
• Virus Attack
• Phishing
• Spamming
• Cyber Stalking
Hacking
Process of unauthorized access of
information system and the one who does
hacking is called hacker.
Email Bombing
Email bombing is a form of net abuse
consisting of sending huge volumes
of email to an address in an attempt to
overflow the mailbox ultimately resulting
into crashing.
Trojan Attacks
Trojan horses are programs which mislead the
users of its true indent. It act as a back door for
the attacker to access the system and steal
information, or harm the computer system.
Virus Attack
Viruses are programs that attach themselves to a
computer or a file and then circulate themselves to
other files and to other computers on a network.
They usually affect the data on a computer, either
by altering or deleting.
Web Jacking
Hacking of website by password cracking and
alteration of contents .
Phishing
Practice of sending fake emails in the name of
reputed companies to retrieve personal
information such as passwords and credit card
details.
Cyber stalking
Cyberstalking is the use of Internet or
other electronic means to stalk or harass an
individual, group, or organization.
Spamming
Use of emails for sending unsolicited bulk emails
and commercial messages over the internet.
CYBER LAWS IN INDIA
The Information Technology Act, 2000
The Information Technology (Amendment) Act,
2008
The Information Technology Act, 2000
The primary source of cyber law in India is the
Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act) which
came into force on 17 October 2000.
It is the primary law in India which deals
with cyber crime and punishment.
The original Act contained 94 sections, divided
in 13 chapters and 4 schedules.
The Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008
IT Act 2000 was substantially amended through the
The Information Technology (Amendment) Act,
2008.
It came into force on 27 October 2009.
New sections were added on the offences such as
Cyber terrorism and data protection.
There are 124 sections and 14 chapters in IT
(Amendment) Act, 2008.
Punishment for various Cyber crimes
• Punishment for • Imprisonment up to 3
Hacking years or fine which
may extend up to 5
lakhs or both
• If Virus attack damage • Compensation up to
the computer or five crores to be given
computer to the affected.
• Publishing and • Punishment up to 2
transmitting years and up to 5 lakh
information which is rupees fine for first
obscene in electronic convict
form
• Publication and • Imprisonment up to 5
transmission of years and fine of 10
pornographic lakh rupees.
materials
CERT- IN
CERT-IN stands for Indian Computer Emergency
Response Team.
It is the nodal agency that deals with cyber crimes.
It was established in the year 2004.
This authority gives order for blocking websites.
Initiatives taken by the Government of India for Cyber Security
Cyber Swachhta Kendra
Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in) in
February 2017 launched ‘Cyber Swachhta Kendra which
detects botnet infections in India and prevent further
infections by notifying, enable cleaning and securing
systems
USB Pratirodh
Launched by the government which, Union IT and
Electronics Ministery,which controls the unauthorised
usage of removable USB storage media devices like pen
drives, external hard drives etc.
An app called “Samvid” was also introduced. It is a desktop
based Application for Windows operating system. It allows
only pre approved set of executable files for execution and
protects desktops from suspicious applications from running.
Browser JSGuard, is a tool which serves as a browser
extension .It alerts the user when he visits malicious web
pages and provides a detailed analysis threat report of the
web page.
Cyber Crime Cells have been set up in States and Union
Territories for reporting and investigation of Cyber Crime
cases.
Government has set up cyber forensic training and
investigation labs in the States of Kerala, Assam, Mizoram,
Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur
and Jammu & Kashmir for training of Law Enforcement and
Judiciary in these States.
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