Have decided to establish cyber crime labs to safeguard women, children: Home Minister Rajnath Singh

Rajnath emphasised that cyber security is emerging as the ‘fourth dimension’ to the threats of the nation and asked the security forces to prepare to eliminate these threats besides eliminating conventional forms of threat.

Written by FE News Desk

New Delhi

February 10, 2018 17:09 IST

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Home Minister Rajnath Singh during his speech at the All India Forensic Conference on Saturday, emphasised the need to increase cyber forensic capabilities. (ANI/Twitter)

Home Minister Rajnath Singh during his speech at the All India Forensic Conference on Saturday, emphasised the need to increase cyber forensic capabilities. The Home Minister who was in Ahmedabad on Saturday revealed that the Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to establish units where crimes perpetrated on the internet against women and children can be reported. Rajnath Singh at the conference said, “Need to increase cyber forensic capabilities. We have decided to establish cyber crime reporting portal to report cyber crimes against women. Will also establish cyber crime lab to stop crimes against women, children.” Last month Rajnath Singh while attending the closing ceremony of the 8th All India Police Commando Competition at the National Security Guard garrison in Gurgaon near Delhi said that hacking websites and data leaks also put the national security in jeopardy. Rajnath emphasised that cyber security is emerging as the ‘fourth dimension’ to the threats of the nation and asked the security forces to prepare to eliminate these threats besides eliminating conventional forms of threat.

Last month, Union Ministry of Home Affairs disclosed that The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) and the Cyber Police Force will be set up under the newly created Cyber & Information Security (CIS) Division that will have four wings and will also open an online portal for preparing, follow up and issue of advisory on matters relating to financial fraud. Home Minister raised concerns of rise in sharing child pornography on the internet and said strict actions will be taken against websites flouting rules.

In the wake to counter racial abuse, MHA suggested monitoring of the deep web and setting up of social media monitoring to prevent an exodus of Northeast students staying in South India after facing discrimination on WhatsApp and other social media and messaging platforms. MHA last month also launched an online portal Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), on the directions of Supreme Court after a plea was filed by NGO Prajwala.

This article was first uploaded on February ten, twenty eighteen, at nine minutes past five in the evening.