In News: Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have commenced India-ITU Joint Cyberdrill 2021.
It is a four days virtual event starting from 30 November to 3 December 2021
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This Cyberdrill is intended for Indian entities especially Critical Network Infrastructure operators.
Several experts from ITU, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), INTERPOL, National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and other eminent organizations participated in the inaugural session.
More than 400 participants participated from critical sectors, namely, power, insurance, finance, CERT-In and CSIRT, industry, academia, telecom service providers and field units of DoT.
India has secured 10th rank in the ITU Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI).