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Conference on Cyber Security – Challenges and Innovations

Submitted by dhananjay on Mon, 10/29/2018 - 15:12

New Delhi : Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in association with Cyber Peace Foundation and Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) organised a conference on Cyber Security – Challenges and Innovations at DRDO Bhawan here today. It was inaugurated by former DRDO chief & Chief Scienti­fic Advisor to Minister of Defence and current Member of NitiAayog, Dr. V K Saraswat.

Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC) portal to check objectionable online content

Submitted by dhananjay on Thu, 09/20/2018 - 15:08

New Delhi : Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh here today launched two separate portals to strengthen Women Safety. The portal “cybercrime.gov.in” will receive complaints from citizens on objectionable online content related to child pornography, child sexual abuse material, sexually explicit material such as rape and gang rape.

The National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO), which is accessible only to law enforcement agencies, will assist in effectively tracking and investigating cases of sexual offences.

Union Home Secretary launches ‘e-Sahaj’ portal for grant of Security Clearance

Submitted by dhananjay on Tue, 09/18/2018 - 15:03

New Delhi : The Union Home Secretary Shri Rajiv Gauba launched an online ‘e-Sahaj’ portal here today for grant of Security Clearance. The portal will facilitate an applicant to submit application online and also to view the status of his application from time to time.

Speaking on the occasion, the Union Home Secretary said that with the introduction of online portal, the process has become standardized, resulting in a process which will be faster, transparent and easy to monitor. Various functionaries can access the application and documents online and take timely decisions.

Home Minister inaugurates Defence & Homeland Security Expo and Conference, 2018

Submitted by dhananjay on Thu, 09/06/2018 - 14:50

New Delhi : The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has called upon the law enforcement agencies to adopt new technologies to enhance their capacities to contain terror and to counter the emerging challenges to homeland security. He said that India has been facing security and terrorism-related challenges for years and there are multiple vulnerable areas that are prone to various risks.

No plans to set up Cyber Warrior Police Force says Minister of State for Home Affairs

Submitted by dhananjay on Tue, 07/24/2018 - 14:47

New Delhi : At present, there are no plans to set up Cyber Warrior Police Force. The Government is working on setting up of Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C). The main objective of the I4C scheme is to set up a national cybercrime coordination center for law enforcement agencies of States/UTs as an effective apparatus to handle issues related to cybercrime in the country.