(Centre): Lt General Rajesh Pant, National Cyber Security Coordinator of India
The Government of India has been consistently working on providing structured guidance on cyber security to the critical sectors of the nation. These include telecom, power & energy, transportation, finance, strategic entities, government entities and the health sectors. This major initiative is being driven by the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) under a project funded by the National Security Council Secretariate.
However, on 12th June 2023, at an event organized at Persistent Systems Limited, Pune, the National Cyber Security Coordinator Lt General Rajesh Pant announced that the first version of national cybersecurity reference framework (NCRF) document has been finalized and it is ready for public release. The framework will be a guiding document for the critical sector entities to develop their governance and management systems as well as their architecture framework for both IT (information technology) and OT (operational technology) systems.
The NCRF will be a living document to be constantly updated to reflect new threats and technologies. Organizations can use the NCRF to improve their cybersecurity posture, reduce their risk of a data breach or any cybersecurity incident, ensure compliance with regulations, increase confidence with customers and enhance operational efficiency.
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