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From ransomware and piracy to Cyberstalking, Sextortion, identity and digital judgment: the new Cyber Command Center will address everything
According to data shared by state officials, 20 percent or cases of cyber crimes in India originate in Karnataka. (Image of Pixabay used only for representation purposes)
In an era of the increase in cyber threats, cyber -on -line crime, Karnataka has leadership tasks in the creation of the first cyber command center in India. Its objective is to be a centralized and centralized research arm, which brings cyber security, cybercrime and digital threat response under the same roof.
“This is a significant scooter in Karnataka’s attempt to build a single coordinated mechanism to respond to the growing and complex world of cyber threats,” said a senior government official. News18.
“The cybercrime is the most careless architecture piece or furniture in the police house. Only 2 percent or the cases are receiving positions, there are no convictions so far and many accusations of corruption, all of which Shakival and with the source.
From ransomware and piracy to Cibererstalking, Sextortion, identity theft and scams of digital judgment: the new cyber command will address everything. It will also address online crimes against women and children, financial fraud, deep defects, misinformation and threats to the digital infrastructure of the State.
A retired police officer who has been advising the Government to build the command center told this journalist that, although informing and detecting the cybercrime, it is an aspect, another key conern that must stand out is the requirement of dquirity, and that Isalis, dated that is dating from the thanked thanked showed that
“The officer in charge of this command center is also the CISO – Director of Information Security – of the State. So the position takes care of IT infrastructure, the ICT infrastructure and information and communications technology,” explained the retired official.
Critics say that Karnataka digital infrastructure has also been seeing an increase in cyber attacks. They have a leg aimed at the critical infrastructure of the State as well. A recent example is the DDOS attack on the Kaveri 2.0 portal, which gave birth to property transactions for days, which causes important interruptions and losses for the state’s treasure.
It is known that the superior IPS officer Pronab Mohanty, a 1994 lot officer, will lead this new unit. It has been redesigned as DGP, cybernetic command. Mohanny is already in charge of the internal security division, the police informatics and the cybercrime and the narcotics. Now, with the cyber command, all thesis functions meet in a centralized command structure for the first time.
When establishing a new command structure to address online threats, bring cybercrime and cyber security crimes under the same roof for the first time, the 45 police stations of cyber crimes in the state will now inform the newly appointed DGP (cyber command).
It was also pointed out that misinformation and erroneous information require specialized management in the current digital panorama. There is a need to provide specialized training to personnel investigating cases of cyber crimes. General research officers: IOSHOOT’s technical background cannot handle such research.
Separate from training, prosecution also needs special attention. Prosecutors must be trained in the management of cases of cyber crimes, and this will also be tasks by the cyber command center. There is a growing need for efficiency, rapid response and better coordination between application agencies and other interested parties: in all state departments, the central government, corporate entities, NGOs and activists.
According to data shared by state officials, 20 percent or cases of cyber crimes in India originate in Karnataka. Or all crimes registered in the State, 20 percent are cyber crimes.
Providing a stadium figure, it is known that in 2024, around 23,000 cases of cyber crimes were recorded. The year before that, there were 22,000. In the previous year, there were 18,000. There has been a constant increase in the number of cases, and this unit now faces the pressure not only to investigate and bring to the thesis to a logical end, but also to ensure that cyberbinals are taken to justice.
“The more the convictions, the more people behind bars, the greater the fear that the law is not only effective, but also inflexible when it comes to criminals,” said a superior officer.
“More than 60,000 cases of cyber crimes have registered only in the last three years, and that is sufficient evidence to demonstrate that it is time for us to decipher the whip,” said the retired police officer.
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Karnataka, India, India
