Strategy 2020
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Promoting aggregate level efforts that evaluate, test, and rate security capabilities of devices,
solutions, and architectures deployed by industry sectors
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Incentivizing contributions of the industry for developing cybersecurity technology, their
initiatives to work with start-ups, academia, and incubators, and the investment they are
making critical areas of cybersecurity
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Promoting information sharing, vulnerability reporting, and incident reporting in the industry
sectors, and calling for cybersecurity drills in high priority sectors
State Level Cyber Security: States would be the key to realizing India's goal of USD 5 trillion
economy. Many states in the country are taking concerted efforts for digitizing levers of the
economy and delivering public services on digital channels. The strategy exercise for national
cybersecurity wouldn't be complete without factoring efforts required at the states.
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Ensuring that states take cybersecurity on their agenda in their efforts of industrialization and
digitization
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Promoting, acknowledging, and driving the states for proportionate attention and investment
in cybersecurity by calling for measures like:
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Promoting the development of state-level cybersecurity policies
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Mandating roles and responsibilities of cybersecurity functions
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Allocation of dedicated funds
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Incentivizing enhancement in the security preparedness
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Creation of the infrastructure and development of capabilities
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Subjecting the digitization plans for critical scrutiny, validation, and
authorization
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Issuing guidelines for enhancing security architecture, operations, and
governance
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Advocating the sharing of threat information/intelligence to address target attacks
from state/non-state actors
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Promoting responsible use of cyberspace and data
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Developing capabilities of the state machinery to address cybersecurity challenges
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Developing a mechanism for overseeing and monitoring cybersecurity preparedness and
performance of the states
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Promoting the programs of developing skills and talent at the state level
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Partnering for developing India as a global hub for cybersecurity products and services by
orchestrating the state-level efforts
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Bootstrap the Cyber Security Capability building program in states through central funding
on lines of eGov
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