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The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C or ICCCC) is a government initiative to deal with Cybercrime in India, in a coordinated and effective manner. It is affiliated to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
It is the apex coordination centre to deal with cybercrimes based in New Delhi.
The scheme was approved in October 2018 with a proposed amount of Rs 415.86 crore. It was inaugurated in New Delhi in January 2020 by Amit Shah, the Home Minister of India.
It would coordinate with State governments and Union Territories, and closely monitor the cyberspace and social media with due emphasis on vernacular content.
The centre would also block those websites which flout India's laws and circulate child porn, and communally and racially sensitive content.
In June 2020, on the recommendation of I4C, the Government of India banned 59 Chinese origin mobile apps.
The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre has 7 components:
1) National Cyber Crime Threat Analytics Unit (TAU)
2) National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal
3) National Cyber Crime Training Centre
4) Cyber Crime Ecosystem Management Unit
5) National Cyber Crime Research and Innovation Centre
6) National Cyber Crime Forensic Laboratory (NCFL) Ecosystem
7) Platform for Joint Cyber Crime Investigation Team
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is an office within the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of the GoI. In operation since January 2014, it is the nodal agency to deal with cyber security threats like hacking and phishing.A MoU was signed in 2016 between CERT-In and Ministry of Cabinet Office, UK. Earlier CERT-In signed MoUs with similar organisations in about seven countries - Korea, Canada, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and Uzbekistan.
National Cyber Security Coordinator
In 2014, the Prime Minister?s Office created the position of the National Cyber Security Coordinator. National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC) under National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) coordinates with different agencies at the national level for cyber security matters.Information Technology Act, 2000
Information Technology Act, 2000 was enacted to provide legal recognition for electronic communication, electronic commerce, cyber crimes and digital signatures etc. It also defines cyber crimes and prescribes penalties for them.The Act directed the formation of a Controller of Certifying Authorities to regulate the issuance of digital signatures.
It also established a Cyber Appellate Tribunal to resolve disputes rising from this new law.
The Act also amended various sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, the Banker's Book Evidence Act, 1891, and the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 to make them compliant with new technologies.
A major amendment was made in 2008. It introduced Section 66A which penalized sending "offensive messages". It also gave authorities the power of "interception or monitoring or decryption of any information through any computer resource".
Cyber Swachhta Kendra
Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in) launched "Cyber Swachhta Kendra" in 2019 - a new desktop and mobile security solution for a secure cyber space in the country.It is a Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre launched for detection of malicious programs and provide free tools to remove the same.
This Kendra will also enhance awareness among citizens regarding botnet and malware infection along with measures to be taken to secure their devices.
This centre is being operated by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the provisions of Section 70B of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Cyber Crime Prevention for Women and Children (CCPWC)
The main objective of Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC) Scheme is to have an effective mechanism to handle cybercrimes against women and children in the country.Under CCPWC the government of India has released grants to States/UTs for setting up of a Cyber Forensic cum Training Laboratory and organizing capacity building programme on cyber awareness and cyber crime investigation.
Rs 93.12 crore have been released to the States and UTs for setting up cyber forensic training laboratory in each State/UT, capacity building and training.