India, Feb. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development, Dr Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, in a written reply to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha today said that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has undertaken the following measures to prevent the misuse of telecommunications resources and to protect citizens against cyber fraud on pan India basis:
Public warning systems for disaster management have been strengthened through the nationwide implementation of Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)-based integrated alert system, using indigenous solutions, enabling timely, geo-targeted, and multilingual dissemination of emergency alerts in close coordination with disaster management authorities, alert generating agencies and alert disseminating agencies including TSPs.
DoT has made a T-CSIRT framework which is sectoral incident response and cyber security coordination function for telecommunication ecosystem. Its core purpose is to enable timely detection, analyze, coordinate and mitigate cyber incidents and vulnerabilities impacting telecom networks of TSPs, also comprising of Critical Telecom Infrastructure.
DoT is actively promoting digital safety and preventing telecom-related frauds through widespread multilingual awareness campaigns including social media platforms, news articles, digital screens, hoardings in public spaces, TV & radio messages, SMS campaigns, student volunteers through Sanchar Mitra scheme etc.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
