Appointments (GoI): Pankaj Agrawal made Secretary MoRTH, Check List
Pankaj Agrawal, Union Power Secretary (IAS: 1992: MP), has been assigned the additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport […]
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 […]
Centre promotes 11 IPS officers including Nupur Prasad to DIG post in CBI
In a recent move by the Government of India issued orders to promote as many as 11 IPS officers. As […]
Vineet Vinayak gets 6-month extension as CBI director
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Joint Director Vineet Vinayak (IPS 1994-Batch) gets an extension of six months on his central […]
CVOs: Eyes and Ears of PSUs
Levelling charges of malpractices and corruption in government organisations is stylish more often than not, more so in case of […]
AK Sharma and AM Prasad are now CBI Joint Directors
Arun Kumar Sharma, a 1987 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre and Amrit Mohan Prasad, a 1989 batch IPS officer […]
112 websites hacked in 3 months: Sachin Pilot
During the last three months alone as many as 112 government websites have been hacked. The list of hacked websites […]
India in Need of a Dedicated Cyber Security Policy
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.
Policing in the Information Age
[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.
Cyber crime must be tackled: Indian Home Minister
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.
