This article discusses the flaws in India’s IT laws and the new measures being taken by government
- Present IT law completely ignores the cyber crime and warfare
- The new draft IT rules tries to bring these under law
- Internet service providers are usually treated like a telecom provider ie the ISP is not responsible for any sort of information provided through its services
- But with the 2008 amendment in IT act , it stipulated that ISPs need to observe due diligence while discharging their duties
- The new act lists out rules regarding the due diligence
FLAWS
- It covers only identity theft and phishing
- It doesn’t cover attacks like keylogger and BOTNETS
- o A BOTNET is a computer being remotely controlled by a cyber attacker
CYBER SECURITY INCIDENT
- It is a real or adverse event in relation to cyber security that violates an applicable security policy, resulting in unauthorized access, denial of service etc
- However it neglects the concepts of modern warfare
- The new rules require service providers to provide information to government agencies which are lawlfully authorized for investigative, protective or intelligence activity
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