INDIA’S CYBER VULNERABILITIES: TIME TO REVAMP THE STATUS QUO

Abstract

In the era of Internet, “threat” has become an undeniable candor of the 21st century. In cyber epoch, where everyone is witnessing incessant cyber war, the strong cyber security has become the need of the hour not only for an individual but also for a nation. The cyber security threats are working as an impetus to make the countries better in terms of technology. The advent of internet has given birth to a new kind of threat i.e. cyber security threat and increased its number in the list that a country is likely to face. This threat is more lethal than other existing traditional ones because today almost every country manages itself through the medium of cyber space. Any threat to the cyber space of a nation is capable of devastating its economic, political and social terrain. India is still in salad days when it comes to cyber security. This paper highlights the issues and challenges to India’s cyber security and demonstrate the need to revamp the status quo in order to ameliorate the concerns regarding cyber security threats and attacks. Additionally, the paper also stiffens India’s need for a robust cyber infrastructure to enter in a new digital era. Pertinently, cyber security attacks are leading to massive data breaches keeping the privacy of every individual at stake. Rapid cyber attacks have spiked the level of concern for cyber security. Today, the concern for security threats is compelling big companies and organizations to spend more money in cyber security insurance. Recently, Radicalization of cyberspace remains a big challenge for societies like India which lacks feasibility to accept digitalization in Toto. Thus, the paper aims to critically evaluate the trends of cyber security, its threats and analyze India’s viability to adopt ambitious transitions which are speculated to be adopted. Moreover, the authors have also have attempted to analyze India’s viability to become a complete wholly digitalized country.