Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Sachin Pilotannouncedyesterday that the Indian government is taking specific measures to ensure the security of Government websites in India, after 117 websites were hacked between January and June in 2011.
In a written reply to a question raised in theLok Sabha, Sachin Pilot said that the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) carried out an analysis on the web server logs of the hacked websites and suggested specific steps and countermeasures to the ministry, to patch the existing vulnerabilities and strengthen the security of these websites.
Among the steps that are being taken by the Ministry to prevent regular hacking occurrences and thereby ensure cyber security, are:
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As suggested by the stats above, government websites getting hacked is becoming quite a regular occurrence. In fact, Anonymous Indiareportedly tookjust 3 mins to deface the NIC website, before it wasbooted offFacebook and Twitter, indicating the fact that the infrastructure which powers important websites was very fragile.
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The above mentioned security steps are definitely encouraging, but it remains to be seen whether these measures will be implemented thoroughly by the Indian government.
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Vikas SN is the Indian Editor at The Next Web and is based out of Bangalore, India. He is extremely interested in Indian startups and shiny(show all)Vikas SNis the Indian Editor at The Next Web and is based out of Bangalore, India. He is extremely interested in Indian startups andshiny gadgets. You can follow him onTwitter,Google+or contact him via email at vikas@thenextweb.com
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