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In 2008, ZTE, a China based telecom company, set up a research centre in India after starting operations in 2003. The sales revenue of the company at the time in India was 750 million USD compared to 100 million USD in 2004.¹ By 2013, the ....

August 16, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , Ttelecommunication security , Chinese telecommunication companies

VIF-FICCI Homeland Security Conference on Cyber Crime Management, FICCI Auditorium, New Delhi

The two day conference had the an objective of bringing together stakeholders of the cyber security domain i.e. the Government, intelligence agencies, police, industry, academia and think tanks, in promoting development and implementation of systems ....

May 30, 2018 Conference , National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Conferences , Cyber Security , FICCI , Homeland Security , Cyber Crime Management

Cyber Security in India – Present Status

Introduction: The Information Technology (IT) Act in India was promulgated as early as 2000. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) was established in 2004 and continues to act. India has undertaken several steps at p....

October 30, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Digital India , Smart City , Information Technology , CERT-In , Indian Cyber Security

What is Cyber Security ? Status and Challenges: India

Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)

The transition from an industrial to an information era has created a new domain, “Cyberspace” and ushered in a new security paradigm with new threats to both national and human security. With large scale automation, rapid penetration of ICT and ....

August 09, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Cyber war , Cyberspace , Digital India Initiative , Cyber terrorism

Strategic Gaps in India’s Net Centricity

Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)

In the digital battle field of 21st century, Technology and Information are the new currencies of power. Exploitation of both of these to create efficiency, economy of effort and facilitate full spectrum operations;nuclear to asymmetric and strategic....

July 04, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , India’s Net Centricity , Information and Communication Technology

Round Table on Cyber Security

The VIF held a Round Table Discussion on 18 Sep 2014 to examine the national perspective of cyber security in terms of social, economic, political and military dimensions. The panel of discussants, comprising a select group of professionals including....

September 23, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Interaction , Cyber Security , Cyber warfare , NASSCOM , CERT-In , National Cyber Security Policy

Cyber Warfare in the Indian Context

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

The Cyber Space The contemporary era is characterised by what has been described as the ‘information revolution’. This is a phenomenon in which automated processes are activated to marshal and manipulate huge volumes of digitised inform....

April 28, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security

Dimensions of Cyber Security in India

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

Preamble This is the information age and therefore like all lucrative assets of the past ages, information assets must be an object of competition and conflict – and in extreme cases, warfare. This conflict is being played out in a new do....

February 07, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Cyber Security

Preparing for Cyberwar - A National Perspective

Commander Mukesh Saini (Retd.)

On November 12th, 2011 Maj. Gen. Moghaddam, the "architect" of Iran's missile program, was showing a new type of warhead for nuclear weapon capable missile Sejil 2, to a group of experts for their comments, at a site about 50 Kms from Tehran. Warhead....

July 26, 2012 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security

Cyber Security: Threats and Challenges

First Session

Introduction by Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi A seminar on the subject of “Cyber Security: Threats and Challenges” was held at the VIF Seminar Hall on 9 September 2010 from 10.30am to 15.30 pm. The morning ....

September 10, 2010 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Seminars