Indo-US cooperation to tackle cyber crime
Press Trust of India
New Delhi, January 17, 2006
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India and US have decided to enhance cooperation among
the law enforcement agencies to deal with cyber crime.
At the third plenary session of the Indo-US cyber security
forum, which concluded in New Delhi on Tuesday, the Confederation of Indian
Industry [CII] in consultation with its US counterpart decided to set
up an India Information Sharing and Analysis Centre [ISAC] and an India
Anti-Bot Alliance to raise awareness about emerging threats in cyberspace.
CERT-In and the US National Cyber Security Division agreed
to share expertise in artifact analysis, network traffic analysis and
exchange of information. The R&D working group will concentrate on
hard problems of cyber security, cyber forensics and anti-spam research,
an official statement said in New Delhi.
It was also decided to organise a series of Indo-US seminars,
workshops, and expert level exchanges in the coming months. The US delegation
was led by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Michael Coulter while
Arvind Gupta, Joint Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat led
the Indian delegation.
A wide cross section of officials and industry representatives
from both sides attended the meeting.
Inaugurating the plenary, the Deputy National Security
Advisor, Vijay K Nambiar referred to the ongoing transformation of Indo-US
relationship into a strategic partnership.
Recognising the role played by the Indo-US cyber security
forum in the growth of Indo-US relationship, Nambiar emphasised the need
for serious attention to sound information security practices in view
of rapid growth of IT Enabled Services [ITES] trade between the two countries.
He said the Indo-US cyber security forum was addressing
these issues through its Joint Working Groups and would continue to do
so.
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