Strategy 2020 • Two-pronged approach for supply chain security, for product procured/deployed and product developed in India • Empowered and resourced security function in critical information infrastructure sector, with specific attention to SCADA/OT security • Index for sectoral preparedness and monitoring performance • Given the urgency created by rising cyber threats, Government should carve out separate budget for cybersecurity • Critical infrastructure protection demands fixing the structural problem by empowering security leadership and strengthening security in both IT and OT environment • Synergize role and functions of various agencies and restructure them with role and functional responsibility aligned to the national strategy and execution blueprint • Orchestrate all efforts of Government in bilateral, multilateral, regional cyber cooperation, and participation in Global forums and influence and drive the agenda aligned to India’s interests in Cyber Space and Security • Bootstrap the Cyber Security Capability building program in states through central funding on lines of eGov • Capacity building, managing risks arising from technology innovation, R&D and commercialization of insights, digitization of SMB sector, state and sector preparedness, data security governance and securing digital payments have become fundamentals of securing a nation and hence Government must leverage cybersecurity strategy 2020 to strengthen these fundamental components • Attracting bright young minds to the field of cyber security through awareness, targeted campaigns, and providing enticing career opportunities. • Incentivization contributions to for developing cybersecurity technology, development of training infrastructure, investing in the testing labs, active participation in technology standards making, demonstration of India’s capabilities in the global market, and for improving preparedness of SMB sector • Calling for development of an index of preparedness of states in cybercrime investigations that would factor investment made, reach and scale of the effort, undertaken experimentations, timeliness in the resolution of the cases, and improvement in the conviction rate A NASSCOM® Initiative