West Bengal appoints Retired IPS Rupak Kumar Dutta as new security advisor to CM
In a recent development, the West Bengal government has designated Rupak Kumar Dutta, a distinguished retired officer of the Indian […]
In a recent development, the West Bengal government has designated Rupak Kumar Dutta, a distinguished retired officer of the Indian […]
In a recent move by the Government of India issued orders to promote as many as 11 IPS officers. As […]
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Joint Director Vineet Vinayak (IPS 1994-Batch) gets an extension of six months on his central […]
Levelling charges of malpractices and corruption in government organisations is stylish more often than not, more so in case of […]
Arun Kumar Sharma, a 1987 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre and Amrit Mohan Prasad, a 1989 batch IPS officer […]
During the last three months alone as many as 112 government websites have been hacked. The list of hacked websites […]
Cyber security and information security are growing demands across all the sectors in the government as well as private firms. With the advent of information technology comes a threat of it being misused.
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Information Technology (IT) has created new opportunities to manage the police force better, and to investigate criminal cases more efficiently. At the same time,
it has given rise to increasing cyber-crimes. The police must gear up to face the increasing challenges on this front, and contribute to the healthy development of the IT sector in the country.
During the inaugural of the three-day Seventh International Conference on Cyber Crime, which was organised by the Interpol and hosted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil has called for creating a culture of “cyber security awareness” and taking effective preventive measures.
In case of botnets, it is really about making sure that you are not visiting sites, where people can pickup the cookies, address and they can back track to your PCs and do something without your knowledge. When you are downloading the software from a site, you have to make sure that it is from a reliable source and it is not harming your computer. says Rakesh Bakshi, Director, Legal and Corporate Affairs, Microsoft India in an exclusive interview with egov magazine