METAMORPHOSES: TALKING TECHNOLOGY

 

Cyber Security

Opening Remarks: Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC

Speakers: Dr. Gulshan Rai, National Cyber Security Coordinator, Govt. of India; Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, (Electronics & Information Technology), Govt. of India; and Shri Tobby Simon, Founder President, Synergia Foundation

 

Chair: Ms. V. Latha Reddy, former Deputy National Security Advisor 

 

Digital technologies are now an indispensable component of virtually all activities of a modern economy. They significantly increase economic efficiency but are also vulnerable to cyber attacks. Critical infrastructure, such as smart power guides, air traffic control and sensitive data stored in computer systems can be compromised or even disabled through a variety of cyber attacks. Cyber security, therefore, has become an urgent and compelling concern. This session will assess the nature and scale of the challenges to cyber security, the tools that are available to us to deal with these challenges and what the future trends might be in this domain. The panelists, who are all domain experts, will, in particular, evaluate the state of cyber security in India

 

(Collaboration: NITI Aayog; and Centre for Policy Research)