Cabinet apprised of MoU between CERT-In India and CERT-UK
The Union Cabinet was recently apprised of the
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in May, 2016 between Indian Computer
Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and Ministry of Cabinet Office, UK.
Details:
- The MoU intends to promote closer cooperation between India and the United Kingdom for exchange of knowledge and experience in detection, resolution and prevention of security-related incidents.
- With this MoU, participating countries can exchange technical information on Cyber attacks, response to cyber security incidents and find solutions to counter the cyber attacks.
- They can also exchange information on prevalent cyber security policies and best practices.
- This MoU helps to strengthen cyber space of both countries, capacity building and improving relationship between them.
Background:
CERT-In has signed MoUs with
counterpart/similar organizations in about seven countries – Korea, Canada,
Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and Uzbekistan. Ministry of External
Affairs has also signed MoU with Cyber Security as one of the areas of
cooperation with Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
About CERT-In:
What is it?
CERT-In (the Indian Computer Emergency
Response Team) is a government-mandated information technology (IT) security organization.
CERT-In was created by the Indian Department of Information Technology in 2004
and operates under the auspices of that department.
It’s purpose:
- The purpose of CERT-In is to respond to computer security incidents, report on vulnerabilities and promote effective IT security practices throughout the country.
- According to the provisions of the Information Technology Amendment Act 2008, CERT-In is responsible for overseeing administration of the Act.
CERT organizations throughout the world are
independent entities, although there may be coordinated activites among groups.
The first CERT group was formed in the United States at Carnegie Mellon
University.
