Data Security Council of India (DSCI) announced the inauguration and release of Cybercrime Training Material Level-2 on April 7, 2015 at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. Shri
G.K. Pillai, Chairman, DSCI and Former Home Secretary, Govt. of India
released the publication at the event, ‘Meeting the Cybercrime Challenge
through Capacity Building’.
The
training material is created as a standardized curriculum to train
police officers in a five day program through DSCI Cyber Labs. The
curriculum focuses on the latest developments in technological and legal
aspects of cybercrime investigation. The resource material will take
police officers through theoretical aspects which include appreciation
of cyber forensics tools and technologies used in investigations. It
further seeks to acquaint them with not only hardware but also with
concepts like data logs, email headers, mobile forensics and social
engineering attacks including phishing and identity theft.
In
addition to the inauguration and release, there were active discussions
on the need of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for cybercrime
investigation and elaboration on the need for Corporate and Digital
Forensics.
At the inauguration, G.K Pillai quoted, “A recent study released by Global Network Initiative (GNI)– ‘Data Beyond Borders – Mutual Legal Assistance in the Internet Age’ is
not only outdated and inefficient, but also opaque and incomplete and
it is therefore necessary to reform the Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA)
process.” He added, “India too anticipate a rise in cybercrimes as it
moves towards a digital economy and hence, it is vital to build legal
and Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) capabilities in the country to curb
them. Indian LEAs must keep pace with technology by partnering with the
industry to enhance their skills and in this, a consultative and
collaborative approach as shown by the release of Level 2 of the DSCI
Cybercrime Investigation Training Material, will be imperative.”
Kamlesh
Bajaj, CEO, DSCI, focusing on DSCI work on bringing cyber forensics to
the mainstream in the country, stated, “One of the first tasks DSCI
undertook after the establishment was the transfer of cyber labs from
NASSCOM. Since then, over 45,000 personnel from law enforcement agencies
have been trained. In this regard, our publications such as the
cybercrime training material Level-1 released in 2011, handbook on
cybercrime Investigation procedures, in 2013 and the cybercrime training
material Level-2 now, have played an integral role in guiding
cybercrime investigations.”
Commending
efforts by DSCI in capacity building of LEAs to better handle
cybercrimes, Mr. R Chandrashekhar, President NASSCOM said, “While
cybercrimes affect security and rights of individuals, they also
strengthen transnational criminal organizations and risk critical
information infrastructure on which societies depend and undermine the
security and trust necessary to harvest benefits of ICT.” While
underling the importance of building capacities of law enforcement, he
said “Capacity building – including resource mobilization, training and
sharing of best practices are essential for enabling the law enforcement
capacities in dealing with technical investigations.” He added “here,
public education and awareness become essential elements to prevent
cybercrimes”.
The
pervasiveness of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has
resulted in an upsurge in frequency and severity of cyber-attacks
targeted on industry, government and civil society. The sophistication
of the cyberattacks has led to highly motivated advanced persistent
threats that render conventional investigation techniques inadequate.
With the Internet becoming the single largest data source for
information collection and intelligence, due to publicly available
online data, the criminal justice ecosystem needs constant up gradation
of its capabilities in handling cybercrimes.
NASSCOM and
Data Security Council of India (DSCI) have played a major role in the
building capabilities to combat cybercrimes. DSCI-NSAACOM through its
Cyber Labs operational in seven cities in India, train police officers
in cyber forensics, which includes gathering appropriate evidence and
presenting it in a manner that is acceptable to courts of law. As part
of the initiative, the DSCI Cybercrime Investigation Training Material
greatly adds to the capacity building of cybercrime investigators.
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