07 June 2016

News Story: New Indian Cyber Command Urged Following Recent Attacks

Vivek Raghuvanshi

NEW DELHI — Amid media reports of a suspected cyberattack by a Pakistan-based group targeting the Indian government, some officials and analysts here are calling for progress on a proposed tri-service command on cybersecurity that is still pending approval by the Ministry of Defense.

The command would be led by the Indian army, air force and navy.

"India does not have adequate institutional and human resource capability to counter cyberattacks similar to the one by the Pakistan-based group," defense analyst Surya Kiran Sharma said.

Evidence of "an advanced persistent threat (APT) against Indian diplomatic and military resources" was first reported on March 7 by US-based cybersecurity solutions company Proofpoint.

Indian MoD officials would neither confirm nor deny whether their officials were targeted from Pakistan.

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