Indian Cyber Security in Web 3.0
“A global domain within the information environment consisting of the interdependent network of information technology infrastructures, including the Internet, telecommunications networks, computer systems, and embedded processors and controllers.“
Life in a Networked World
• Rapid Development in Information Technology
— Speed of Microprocessor chips doubles every 12–18 months — Storage Density doubles every 12 months — Bandwidth is doubling every 12 months — Price keeps dropping making technology affordable & pervasive.
Cyber What? Defining Cyber
Cyberspace is the connected Internet Ecosystem. Trends Exposing critical infrastructure to increased risk: — Interconnectedness of Sectors + Proliferation of exposure points + Concentration of Assets…
Cyber Intrusions and Attacks have increased dramatically over the last decade, exposing sensitive personal and business information, disrupting critical operations, and imposing high costs on the economy Ø Cyber Security is protecting our cyber space (critical infrastructure) from attack, damage, misuse and economic espionage.
Cyber Security Challenges
Cyberspace has inherent vulnerabilities that cannot be removed. Innumerable entry points to internet. Assigning attribution: Internet technology makes it relatively easy to misdirect attribution to other parties. Computer Network Defense techniques, tactics and practices largely protect individual systems and networks rather than critical operations (missions) .Attack technology outpacing defense technology • Nation states, non-state actors, and individuals are at a peer level, all capable of waging attacks.
Indian Cyber Situation
India ranks 3rd in terms of the highest number of internet users in the world after USA and China, the number has grown 6-fold between 2012–2017 with a compound annual growth rate of 44%. + India secures a spot amongst the top 10 spam-sending countries in the world alongside USA + India was ranked among the top five countries to be affected by cybercrime, according to a 22 October report by online security firm ”Symantec Corp”.
