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- National e-Governance Division (NeGD) has organised 35th Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) Deep-Dive training programme Under the Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative.
What is the Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative?
- The Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative was conceptualised with the mission to spread awareness about cyber-crime and build capacities of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and frontline IT officials, across all government departments.
- It was launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in 2018 in cooperation with National e-Governance Division (NeGD) and various industry partners in India.
- The CISO training is the first-of-its-kind partnership between the Government and industry consortium under Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.
Objectives
- To educate and enable the chief information security officers (CISO)and broader IT community to address the challenge of cyber security.
- Create awareness on the emerging landscape of cyber threats.
- Provide in-depth understanding on key activities, new initiatives, challenges and related solutions.
- Applicable frameworks, guidelines and policies related to the subject.
- Share best practices to learn from successes and failures.
- Provide key inputs to take informed decisions on cyber security related issues in their respective functional areas.
Source: PIB
