Union home secy releases manuals for campaign against cyber crimes

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• Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla recently released a set of manuals and a newsletter of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) as part of a campaign to check cybercrimes.

About the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre

• The manuals and the newsletter prepared by the Cyber and Information Security Division (CIS) of the Union home ministry are ‘Cyber Hygiene for Cyber Space – Dos and Don’ts – Basic Manual’, ‘Cyber Hygiene for Cyber Space – Dos and Don’ts – Advanced Manual’ and the quarterly newsletter ‘Cyber Pravah’.
• The manuals are part of a focused awareness campaign for prevention of cyber-crimes and to inculcate cyber hygiene in rural areas, industrial bodies, and the general public.
• ‘CyberPravah’ covers introduction to I4C, various activities of I4C in two quarters (from April-June,2021 and July-September, 2021), cybercrime trends and patterns, statistics, facilities created by I4C, platforms for reporting and addressing cyber-crimes to make all stakeholders aware, and to provide assistance in the area of cyber-crime prevention, detection and investigation.
• It also aims to create awareness about recent developments in the field of cyber-crimes and cyber-crime terminology.
• The I4C was set up under the CIS division in 2018 as an agency for coordinating at the central level and to support states and union territories by providing a common framework in their fight against cybercrimes.
• The I4C is spreading mass awareness through various social media handles in the name of ‘CyberDost’ by providing cyber safety tips at frequent intervals for the public.