CERT-in
– POLITY
News: CERT-in may be
exempted from giving information under RTI Act, says Centre
What's in the news?
● The
government informed the parliament that the Indian Computer Emergency Response
Team (CERT-in) may soon be exempt from responding to queries under the Right to
Information Act.
Key takeaways:
● The
Department of Personnel and Training has reviewed a proposal from the Ministry
of Electronics and Information Technology to include CERT-in in the Second Schedule to the RTI Act, which deals
with exempted organizations like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and
the Border Security Force (BSF).
CERT-in:
● Computer
Emergency Response Team is the nodal
government agency that deals with cyber security threats like hacking and
phishing in India.
Administrative Control: Ministry of Electronics
and Information Technology
Functions:
● Protect
Indian cyberspace and software infrastructure against destructive and hacking
activities.
● Strengthen
security-related defence of the Indian internet domain.
● Collection,
analysis and dissemination of information on cyber incidents.
● Forecast
and alerts of cyber security incidents.
● Emergency
measures for handling cyber security incidents.
● Coordination
of cyber incident response activities.
● Issue
guidelines, advisories, vulnerability notes and whitepapers relating to information
security practices, procedures, prevention, response and reporting of cyber
incidents.