MoS IT: Democratic countries need to think about creating safe, accountable internet.

Pavan Duggal, a cyber security expert and Supreme Court attorney, said that the government made a comprehensive revision of the IT bill in 2008, but made superficial provisions on security.

The Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Saturday that democracies need to work together to think about establishing security, trust and accountability on the Internet without borders.

At the first Indian Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) organized by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the National Internet Exchange Center of India (NIXI), he stated that India is becoming one of the largest interconnected countries with 800 million online population.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Digital India mission, with three major goals being to change the lives of Indians and expand economic opportunities through digital entrepreneurship.

 Strengthen the strategic capabilities of certain technologies, including the Internet, so that the future of the Internet will be led by an open society, a country that has the same democratic values ​​and respects the rights of citizens.

"IIGF is in many ways about discussing around large round tables (i.e., India) and getting more stakeholders to discuss how we can keep the Internet open? How can we ensure that the Internet is safe and trusted, safe and secure by everyone who uses it. Trust is an extremely important attribute because there are brand new demographics that were not foreseen many years ago, namely children, women and the elderly," Chandrasekha said.

Pavan Duggal,

 a cyber security expert and Supreme Court attorney, said that the government made a comprehensive revision of the IT bill in 2008, but made superficial provisions on security.

That's when cyber security began to develop. 

By 2021, we will have to develop a special legal framework for cyber security in the form of special regulations or new legislation under the IT Act. Cyber ​​security and cyber resilience need to be enforced. "Duggal said.

Jiten Jain, director of Voyager Infosec, said that India is at the dawn of the digital age and has a wealth of skilled labor, but the country’s legal requirements have always been passive rather than proactive.

He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Digital India Mission with 3 major objects — to transfigure the lives of Indians, expand profitable openings with digital entrepreneurship, and enhance strategic capabilities in certain technologies including the internet so that the future of the internet is piloted by countries that are open societies and partake the same set of popular values and respect citizen rights.

“In many ways, IIGF is about taking part in big workshops, ie. H. India talking to more stakeholders about how do we keep the internet open? How do we ensure the internet is safe and trustworthy for all who use it , and security and trust are extremely important attributes because there are so many completely new demographics that were not anticipated before, namely children, women and the elderly?' Chandrasekhar said.

He said the government was committed to connecting all Indians to the internet.

Pawan Duggal, a Supreme Court cybersecurity expert and lawyer, said the government had made major amendments to IT laws in 2008, but had done a good job in terms of security. "It simply came to our notice then that cyber security was on the rise. In 2021 we will have a dedicated legal framework for cyber security in the form of dedicated provisions under the IT Act or in the form of new legislation. Cybersecurity and cyber adaptability need to be addressed, ”Duggal said.