India’s CERT-In system and its role in securing the country’s cyber space!
Every country has a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) which consists of experts who are responsible for protecting the public against cyber security threats. CERT-In is India's special team of experts that do this work for us. Besides cyber-attacks, the team also works on responses to disaster situations like earthquakes or floods. I'm sure you know better than anybody that cyberspace doesn't stop existing because of powerless grids and downed servers...
CERT-In is an agency in India with the Home Ministry whose
purpose is to make sure sites are not inaccessible, and they work on incident
prevention, response services, and security quality management services.
CERT-In
Objectives:
CERT-In runs after the objective of upgrading network safety
in India. With this objective, this association has characterized its targets
as follows:
·
Prevention of cyber-attacks that target the country’s
cyber space.
·
Responding to cyber-attacks to minimize damage and
reducing recovery time to ultimately minimize the national vulnerability to
cyber-attacks.
·
Enhancing the level of cyber awareness among citizens.
Functions
of CERT-In:
The functions of CERT-In have been assigned by the
Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008:
1. CERT-In
collects, analyzes, and shares information on cyber incidents taking place in
India.
2. Forecasts
and alerts about cyber incidents.
3. Takes
emergency measures to handle cyber security incidents.
4. Plays a
major role in the coordination of cyber incident response activities.
5. Issues
guidelines and advisories in relation to information security best practices
and procedures, prevention, and reporting of cyber incidents.
6. Any other
functions that relate to cyber security as prescribed.
CERT-In
Empanelled Auditors:
CERT-In has created a panel of trained organizations to
perform the vulnerability assessment and penetration testing of computer
systems, networks & applications of various organizations that fall under
the scope of the Government of India and those in other sectors of the Indian
economy.
As per CERT-In, an empanelled security auditor will take note
of existing security policies and controls, test IT assets for vulnerabilities,
execute penetration tests, conduct comprehensive interviews with key personnel
in the company, and run vulnerability assessments to identify potential holes
in the system. This entire process is conducted in order to determine whether
or not information security controls are effective.
In this pursuit, the empanelled security auditor organization
performs the following functions:
1. IT security
policy review
2. Information
Security Testing
3. Internet
Technology Security Testing
4. Process
Security Testing
5. Application
security testing
6. Communications
Security Testing
7. Wireless
Security Testing
8. Physical
Security Testing
CyRAACS
CyRAACS is a Cybersecurity Company in Bangalore that provides
VAPT services Bangalore India
services along with a range of other cyber security solutions. CyRAACS is CERT-IN empanelled company in Bangalore
for providing Information Security Auditing Services.
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