Govt working to ensure free, safe internet access to all: Ravi Shankar Prasad

New Delhi: The government is working to put in place a formal cyberspace architecture that will ensure free and safe internet access to all citizens, information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Global Conference on Cyberspace 2017, Prasad said India is open to sharing its best practices to strengthen collaboration and cooperation in the area of cyberspace. External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, who was the special guest at the event, said that the government is committed to a multi-stakeholder approach of intellect governance that is transparent and accountable to stakeholders, including governments, academia, civil society and industry. According to national security advisor Ajit Doval, who was part of the ministerial panel at the conference on Friday, security organizations of the world should have specific cybersecurity structures which are able to exchange information quickly, identify defaulters and proceed against them, and support law enforcement agencies to see that laws and norms are adhered to.