Bangalore
Cyber Security Summit 2009
..Takes Significant Steps towards
Securing the Cyber Space
The two day Summit on
Cyber Security organized by the
Karnataka Government in
association with several
agencies concluded on 9th
October 2009 recording several significant commitments towards a better
security in cyber
space in India.
During the inaugural on 8th,
the Chief Minister of Karnataka,
in his inaugural speech (read out by the State Law Minister since the Chief
Minister could not personally attend the meet, promised that the State
would endeavour to make Karnataka
the Cyber Security Capital of
the world and initiate several activities in this direction. He urged the
private sector to work with the
Government in this direction and one of the suggestions he made for
immediate action was the setting up of a global standard Research and
Development center in Cyber
Security and Cyber Forensics in
Bangalore.
Mr
Rajesh
Tandon, the first Presiding
Officer of Cyber Regulations
Appellate Tribunal (CRAT) was present through out the proceedings and
keenly observed the deliberations. Speaking during the valedictory session,
he proposed that CRAT would like to setup the Southern Bench of the
Tribunal in Bangalore and the State Home Minister
Sri V S
Acharya, who was also present,
accepted the proposal and during his valedictory address agreed to initiate
the necessary steps.
Mr
Rajesh
Tandon also highlighted the
need for India to take up a leadership role in ensuring that a
Cyber Crime Treaty is
developed amongst different Countries of the region and also integrate it
with the EU Treaty.
He has also promised to follow up this aspect from
Delhi.
The Law Secretary of the
State who was present in the Valedictory also made another significant
suggestion that the study of Cyber
Laws should be made compulsory in all Engineering Colleges.
Thus several follow up steps
were identified to carry forward the momentum created by the Bangalore
Cyber Security Summit 2009.
The State Government has
also made it clear and the CM and others have also confirmed during their
interactions and speeches that this event would be an Annual Feature and
would be marked as an important event in the calendar of
Cyber Security Summits across
the world.
Another significant aspect
of this Summit was that a "Think Tank" was formed to consolidate the
recommendations that came forth
during the Summit and submit it to the GOI.
Naavi, as Chairman of the
Bangalore Cyber Security Summit
Think tank, read out the salient features of the recommendations during the
Valedictory Session and a copy was presented to
Sri
Rajesh
Tadon and Mr V S
Acharya. A Copy will also be
sent to the Union Law Minister
Sri
Veerappa
Moily who was expected to be
present in the valedictory session
but could not make it.
Many of the recommendations concern with the draft rules
proposed under ITA 2000 amendments (ITA 2008). One other recommendation of
interest to the Internet and Privacy Watchers was that the Summit felt that
the recent Request for Public Comments document released by ICANN regarding
Privacy and Proxy registration of domain names needs to be responded to and
India should oppose the proposal since it would create a serious hindrance
to the law enforcement.
More details about the
recommendations would be available at www.bangalorecss.in
and also at www.naavi.org.
The Bangalore
Cyber Security Summit 2009
represents the first attempt by a State Government to take a lead in
organizing such a conclave. The commitment shown by the State and
demonstrated through out the two days of the Summit was contagious. It was
not surprising therefore that the security community which attended the
Summit readily recognized that Bangalore is ready to launch itself as the
Information Security Capital of India for the time being and may be extend
this further in due course.
All security professionals
have been invited to continue keeping in touch with
the Summit authorities through the official website www.bangalorecss.in
so that they can participate more vigorously during Bangalore
Cyber Security Summit 2010.
Naavi
October 10, 2009
Related Articles in
Media:
Establish international treaty on cyber crime: Tandon
For Additional Reading:
ITA 2008
SWOT Analysis
Role of Corporate Sector in National Cyber Security
Public
Private Partnership for Effective Cyber Security
Cyber
Security- Need for a Structured Approach
Cyber Law Compliance.. a Burning Issue (PDF
Presentation)
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