CSIRT-Power:
The Union Minister for Power inaugurated the Computer Security Incident Response Team for the power sector (CSIRT-Power) in New Delhi.
- CSIRT-Power was launched in collaboration with CERT-In and it is in alignment with the National Cyber Security Policy of 2013.
- It will serve as the central agency for responding to cyber incidents and ensuring coordinated responses.
- The primary objective of CSIRT-Power is to enhance cybersecurity resilience in the Indian power sector through a structured approach.
- This includes preventing and responding to cybersecurity incidents, ensuring coordinated responses to cyber threats, and collecting, analysing, and sharing information about sector-specific threats.
- CSIRT-Power will also implement measures to raise cybersecurity awareness and improve the sector’s cybersecurity posture while promoting best practices, standard operating procedures, and security policies.
- The facility will provide cybersecurity expertise and assistance to constituent utilities and facilitate cooperation among stakeholders to strengthen cybersecurity efforts.
- It is set up under the Central Electricity Authority.
- CERT-In is the national nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents as and when they occur.
