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“The large-scale digital exposure has enhanced the threat surface…that has the potential to be exploited by anti-national and anti-societal players. Each one of us would have experienced a phishing or vishing attack… These vulnerabilities have the potential to cripple society and even nations. However, these vulnerabilities can be overcome by skilled professionals in the domain of cyber security, as also by an enhanced awareness,” said Bhatnagar, addressing the inaugural event.

“We will train, upskill and reskill the officers at all levels—deputy director generals (DDG), chief information security officers, directors, deputy chief information officers and system managers. The training will be conducted over multiple batches in the next two years, in-person by the officers, covering information technology, cyber security, legal aspects, and exposing them to emerging trends, technology and threats, which are there (in the cyberspace),” he added.

The training will be held in three tiers. The first-tier will include scientist-level officers, DDG-level officers and the head of divisions officers. NIC DDG and HOD will supervise the training. “The second tier, are the deputy and director level, who need to respond to the incidents, they need to know how the terrorist groups are operating, the possible ways of insider threats, how to establish and run a security operation centre. Then there is training at the system manager-level, who have the people hands-on to see how the things are working, how the system is secure, or is there any incoming threat,” Bhatnagar said. For tier-1, the training is for four days, tier-2 for five days, and tier-3 for two weeks. The training for tier-2 will begin Monday.