Upgrading India’s cyber security architecture
Two things set aside India’s digital spaces from that of major powers such as the United States and China: design and density. Recognising the strategic dimensions of cyberspace, the Prime Minister’s Office created the position of the >National Cyber Security Coordinator in 2014, a welcome first step. India’s civilian institutions have their own firefighting agencies, and the armed forces have their own insulated platforms to counter cyber attacks. India currently has a top layer of agencies performing cyber operations — the National Technical Research Organisation, the National Intelligence Grid, and the National Information Board, to name a few — but there is also an additional layer of ministries performing governance functions. Whatever final form India’s cyber command takes, the government would do well to pursue a two-pronged strategy in the interim.
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