Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative

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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