IT ministry joins hands with CBI to tackle cyber crime

In a bid to curb the increasing number of cyber crime cases in the country, the Ministry of ommunications and Information Technology on Friday proposed to join hands with the Central Bureau of Investigation...

In a bid to curb the increasing number of cyber crime cases in the country, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (IT) on Friday proposed to join hands with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to tackle such cases.

Communications and IT Minister A Raja at the three-day Interpol Cyber Crime conference, which concluded on Friday, said that Rs 3.5 crore will be provided to the investigating agency to procure latest software and tools for developing expertise in tackling cyber crime. The ministry would also help the CBI in training their officials to deal with issues involving cyber crime.

“Local police find it difficult to tackle such crime without adequate software and tools. Hence, there is an urgent need to build the capacity in this regard. I would be keeping a close watch on the developments in this regard and would be happy to render assistance in every way,” said Raja.

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The Government is also looking at amendments in the IT Act, 2000 to tackle such crimes. The proposed amendments would address a number of concerns such as data protection, data theft, e-commerce frauds, child pornography, identity documents theft, privacy issues, among others.

Raja said the ministry is holding discussions with various stakeholders to evolve the amendments. “Discussions are being held with the stakeholders, including private companies, CBI and other investigative agencies,” he said.

CBI Director Vijay Shanker said, “We need to jointly bring out a law to curb the increasing number of cyber crime cases.”

India’s five-step solution to fight cyber crime

• Legal standardisation of harmful conduct involving computer, Internet

• Standardisation of procedural obligations

• Capacity building

• Partnership with other agencies

• Monitoring agency on similar lines as ICAO and ITU agencies in civil aviation and telecommunications sectors

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