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Union Home Minister calls for expediting online Cyber Crime reporting portal

Submitted by dhananjay on Wed, 07/18/2018 - 14:40

New Delhi : Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh today cautioned against the new challenges being posed by crimes in the cyberspace and called for effective measures to improve cyber security. In a review meeting in the Ministry of Home Affairs, he expressed concern over the misuse of social media for illegal activities and directed to strengthen the capabilities of law enforcement agencies to be able to meet the challenges posed by it.

Raksha Mantri's address at ‘VII Moscow Conference on International Security’

Submitted by dhananjay on Thu, 04/05/2018 - 14:37

New Delhi : Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, who is on three-day visit to Russia to attend ‘VII Moscow Conference on International Security’ from 03 to 05 April 2018, addressed the II Plenary Session of the Conference on the theme titled ‘Global Security in a Polycentric World’ covering aspects related to current global defence, security and strategic scenario on April 4 in the Russian capital.

Steps from RBI for Security and Operational controls in SWIFT environment

Submitted by dhananjay on Tue, 03/13/2018 - 14:25

New Delhi : Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has apprised that it had issued two circulars to banks, related to security and operational controls in SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) environment, in the months of August and November 2016. As per RBI inputs, compliance with RBI’s instructions is the bank’s responsibility and the Compliance Officer in the bank monitors the same. Further, RBI monitors compliance to its instructions on an ongoing basis and during RBI inspections and, where necessary, enforcement action is also initiated.