http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/chief-minister-stresses-importance-of-cyber-security/article5182027.ece
By Staff Reporter
The Hindu
September 29, 2013
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Saturday said that the State Police
Department’s cyber security hub, Cyberdome, scheduled to come up at
Technopark would be a model in public private partnership.
Delivering the valedictory address at the International Cyber Security and
Policing Conference-2013, he said the public and the government were
becoming increasingly dependent on the cyber world and its security was of
paramount importance to the polity. It was a resource, which, in the hands
of the wrong people, could be turned into an awesome weapon against the
State.
Information Technology secretary, P. H. Kurien, said public service
delivery systems in Kerala were fast becoming digitised. e-commerce and
e-banking were on the rise. Kerala had one of the largest number of
internet, computer and mobile phone users in the country. Cyber security
was the State’s primary concern, he said.
Bessie Pang, executive director, the Society for the Policing of Cyber
Space, Canada, said international cooperation was essential among cyber
security agencies and professionals to restrict the use of cyber space for
criminal and disruptive purposes. State Police Chief K. S. Balasubramanian
said it was the duty of the police to create user awareness to insulate
the citizenry as best as possible from internet and computer related
crimes.
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