To fight e-crime, govt to hire experts from IITs, pvt institutes – Times of India

The government has decided to hire IT experts from premier public and private institutes, including IITs, to help fight new age crimes  identity theft, dark net, trafficking, and cyber-terrorism and prepare a roadmap for Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, also called I4C.

Home minister Rajnath Singh, at a meeting on Wednesday, instructed officers to expedite the process of handling of cyber-crimes and finalise a time-line for it. The minister also approved creation of four units in the newly formed Cyber and Information Security Division (CIS) of MHA with two director-level officers heading them. Each desk will deal with separate aspects-—ranging from internet security clearance to reporting of cyber-crimes, coordination with states, policy/guidelines on cyber security and national information security.