The recent rumours spread through SMS and social
media websites has woken up Indian government once more. However,
just like in the past, Indian government is once again barking the
wrong tree. Instead of improving the law and order situation in
India, Indian government has decided to punish social media websites
and intermediaries in India.
A large segment of Indian media community has
labeled this unfortunate episode as an act of cyber
warfare against India. However, this is not even
near to cyber warfare as cyber warfare is a much more dangerous and
nefarious activity as compared to spreading of rumours and false
information through Internet.
According to Praveen Dalal, managing partner of
Perry4Law
and leading techno legal expert of Asia, Cyber
War against India and its Defenses must be ensured by
India on a priority basis. In fact, India must develop both offensive
and defensive Cyber Warfare Capabilities to tackle future Cyber
Warfare attempts, opines Dalal.
Another area of concern pertains to cyber security
of India. There are numerous cyber
security challenges in India and management of the same
must not be ignored any more. India's
cyber security challenges are too numerous and we have not
even made a start in this direction.
If false and misleading information has caused the
trouble and havoc that we are witnessing one can assume what a full
fledged cyber warfare attack can do to Indian economy and property.
It is high time for Indian government to consider
and analyse cyber warfare threats against India in truest and widest
possible manner other wise it may find itself in a much more sinister
and troublesome situation.
