New Cybersecurity Initiatives:
Union Home Minister recently addressed the first Foundation Day program of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) in New Delhi and launched key initiatives for prevention of cybercrime.
- Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre (CFMC) has been established at the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (14C) in New Delhi with representatives of major banks, Financial Intermediaries, Payment Aggregators, Telecom Service Providers, IT Intermediaries, and States/UTs Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs).
- They will work together for immediate action and seamless cooperation to tackle online financial crimes.
- CFMC will serve as an example of “Cooperative Federalism” in law enforcement.
Samanvaya Platform (Joint Cybercrime Investigation Facilitation System) is a web-based module to act as a One Stop - Portal for data repository of cybercrime, data sharing, crime mapping, data analytics, cooperation, and coordination platform for LEAs across the country.
- ‘Cyber Commandos’ Program a special wing of trained ‘Cyber Commandos’ in States/UTs and Central Police Organizations (CPOs) will be established to counter threats of the cyber security landscape in the country.
- Trained Cyber Commandos will assist States/UTs and Central Agencies in securing the digital space.
- Suspect Registry is a new initiative to strengthen fraud risk management by creating a registry of identifiers based on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal in collaboration with banks and financial intermediaries.
