CYBER SECURITY
India recorded a whopping 36.29 lakh cyber security incidents since 2019 till June this year and the government has taken a number of steps to check such designs, said Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra said on Tuesday. "As per information reported to and tracked by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), a total of 3,94,499, 11,58,208, 14,02,809 and 67,4021 cyber security incidents were observed during 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 ( upto June), respectively," PTI reported citing minister's reply in Lok Sabha to a written question. Mishra said the government has taken a number of steps to advance the cyber security posture and avert cyber attacks that include issuing alerts, advisories regarding latest cyber threats and vulnerabilities, and counter measures to protect computers and networks on a regular basis. The government is operating an automated cyber threat exchange platform for proactively collecting, analysing and sharing tailored alerts with organisations a...