Section 69A of the Information technology, Act 2000 (“IT Act”) empowers the Central Government and its authorised officers to issue directions to the intermediaries/ internet service providers for blocking access to any website in India, if the authorised officer is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient to do so in the interest of: a) […]
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On February 25, 2021 the Press Information Bureau released some telling statistics to go along with the recently announced Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“IT Rules 2021”) by the Ministry of Information. According to it, Indians are using these platforms in a very significant way and in numbers which
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The Central Government in terms of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 70B of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act, 2000”) has appointed “Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)” on 27th October 2009 under the provisions of sub-section (4) of section 70B of IT Act, 2000 and notified the Information Technology (The Indian
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Types of cybersecurity incidents mandatorily to be reported by service providers, intermediaries, data centers, body corporate and Government organizations to CERT-In in India [Rule 12(1)(a) of The Information Technology (The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team and Manner of Performing Functions and Duties) Rules, 2013 (https://www.meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/G_S_R%2020%20%28E%292_0.pdf) ] 1. Targeted scanning/probing of critical networks/systems 2. Compromise of
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The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) serves as the national agency for performing various functions in the area of cyber security in the country as per provisions of section 70B of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (https://www.cert-in.org.in/PDF/Notification_regarding_CERT-In.pdf) and (https://www.cert-in.org.in/PDF/G.S.R_20(E).pdf) . CERT-In continuously analyses cyber threats and handles cyber incidents tracked and reported to it. CERT-In regularly
The Central Government in terms of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 70B of Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act, 2000”) has appointed “Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)” on 27th October 2009 under the provisions of sub-section (4) of section 70B of IT Act, 2000 and notified the Information Technology (The Indian Computer
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