IN THE ERA OF DIGITIZATION WE NEED CYBER SECURITY
“In India, we went straight from having no telephones to the latest in mobile technology,” says Cherian Samuel of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA), New Delhi. The same rapid progression applies to web-connected workstations. They emerged suddenly, and frankly, few were educated about the fundamental realities of digital security.
India ranks fifth globally in the prevalence of cybercrime according to Tom’s Guide. Despite this, it is important to note that these figures are extrapolations and may not be fully precise. A significant reason for India’s vulnerability lies in widespread lack of awareness, limited computer literacy, and the prevalence of easily hackable machines.
Digital security ultimately depends on human vigilance. Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying:
“Problems cannot be solved at the same level of consciousness that created them.”
The internet today is primarily secured through a combination of private regulatory actions, preventive policies and software solutions, national legislation and enforcement, and certain limited forms of international cooperation and regulation.
(a) International Measures
Nation-states frequently cooperate—sometimes informally—to exchange information, investigate cyber-attacks or crimes, prevent or stop malicious activity, provide evidence, and even extradite offenders. Formal international agreements also exist that address cybersecurity either directly or indirectly.
These international agreements regulate criminal activities such as cyber-attacks, including specific conditions regarding how offenders are prosecuted. Cybersecurity also intersects with broader international law, including treaties such as the United Nations Charter and the Geneva Conventions, as well as customary international law.
International law imposes rules on the use of force during armed conflict, which likely extend to cyber warfare. These include requirements to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, such as hospitals, from deliberate attacks, and mandates that the use of force be necessary and proportionate.
Information is often the most valuable asset to individuals, private sectors, states, and nations alike. The critical areas demanding cybersecurity include:
Preventing unauthorized access, disclosure, or alteration of system resources.
Securing online transactions related to shopping, banking, travel bookings, and business communications.
Protecting social media accounts from hijacking and misuse.
Gaining a thorough understanding of cyber threats and attacker methodologies to enhance defenses.
Establishing dedicated security units within organizations to address cybersecurity concerns.
Recognizing that different organizations face distinct adversaries with varied goals, necessitating tailored preparedness levels.
Identifying the specific cyber threats faced by an organization, considering adversaries’ capabilities, intentions, and targeting patterns at local and national levels.
Safeguarding critical data, reports, and audits held by organizations.
Protecting the information infrastructure that supports the rights and functions of organizations at the national level.
Indian citizens must understand the best practices to protect their data and networks, just as they safeguard their physical property. For decades, industry efforts have lagged behind hackers and cybercriminals. There is an urgent need to implement comprehensive cybersecurity education programs nationwide.
That's really good but in this era the personal data of individual person or any should be under the private administrative?
ReplyDeleteIts not about what if artificial intelligence commit cyber crimes. they are already into your cyber space (ever heard about Amazon echo or google devices monitoring and listening your data). Its about what you can do to prevent it and how will your laws protect you?
ReplyDeleteMy concern is regarding what happen if AI themselves started committing cyber crime, currently various number of cyber attacks are being made mainly - Machine learning cyber attacks,Ransomware, Attacks made through IOT, Blockchain hacking, Cryptojakcing, E-mail Phishing, AI-based hacking and so many more but they all are being made by cyber criminals, hackers, they particularly use AIs to commit an offence, AI themselves are not committing any crime.
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AI artificial intelligence it has artificial word in it. It is not human intelligence it is artificial intelligence made by the HUMANS we are the only one who program them to do specific task. AI won't form themselves so if you think any alien AI comes from the outer space and commit cyber crime here it won't be any case. Programmers program AIs for specific tasks it can be good or bad (bad in most of the cases). AI can't program themselves for committing cyber crimes until there is malicious mind behind that. It is about programming the AIs.
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