Government's initiatives to strengthen security of cyber ecosystem, including against ransomware and Cross-Border Cybercrime

India, Dec. 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

The policies of the Government of India aim to ensure a safe, trusted, and accountable cyberspace. It remains vigilant and fully conscious of the cyber threat to India's digital infrastructure.

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) work continuously to safeguard digital services, including the critical sectors.

These agencies regularly monitor incidents, support timely response and ensure restoration. They conduct security and vulnerability audits under the Information Technology Act and Rules made under.

In this regard, CERT-In has developed and issued a Comprehensive Cyber Security Audit Policy Guidelines in July 2025 to carry out cyber security audits. These audits are done in a consistent, effective, and secure manner across sectors including critical infrastructure.

As per the guidelines, cyber security audit are conducted at least once in a year. It has empanelled 231 security auditing organizations to support and audit implementation of Information Security Best Practices.

In addition, the Government has undertaken several measures to strengthen security of cyber ecosystem including against ransomware and Cross-Border Cybercrime:

a) Information and Communication Technology infrastructure Audit of Central Ministries/Departments, States /UTs and National Data Centres.

b) Comprehensive Security Audit of Critical Web applications /databases/platforms.

c) Deployment of Unified Endpoint Management, Endpoint Detection and Response solutions across central ministries and departments for endpoint protection.

d) Removal of obsolete and legacy systems from the network.24x7 monitoring, detection, and mitigation of cyber threats using AI/ML and advanced security tools.

e) Continuous vulnerability assessments, system hardening, and proactive identification of application/system weaknesses.

f) Implementation of Zero Trust Security across NIC's ICT infrastructure.

g) Regular cybersecurity awareness programs for government employees.

Expanding Cybersecurity Talent Pool

Cyber Swachhta Kendra (CSK)

It is a citizen-centric service provided by CERT-In, which extends the vision of Swachh Bharat to the Cyber Space

This information was submitted by Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Shri Jitin Prasada in Lok Sabha on 17.12.2025.

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