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New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on February 21, 2018, said the Zero tolerance policy of State Government to crime will lay the ground for promoting industrial development in Uttar Pradesh. He was addressing the Uttar Pradesh Investors’ Summit at Lucknow, UP.
“The subject of this plenary session of ‘Uttar Pradesh Investors Summit, 2018’ is both, – crucial and having a direct bearing on the industrial development of the state in particular, and its overall economic development in general. Although security has multiple aspects, the two most important one of common concern are: the ‘Law and Order’ and ‘Industrial and Infrastructure Security’. The law and order prevailing in a state is also an important enabler for investment. Investors would not like to risk their capital in any state where Law and Order is a problem,” said Rajnath.
It is indeed a happy coincidence that UP Police is headed by someone who has had experience of working as Director General of CISF, he said. This must be very reassuring to those who either have invested or are prospective investors in the State of Uttar Pradesh that a person of his caliber is heading the UP Police Force, Rajnath said. Few State Governments have raised specialised forces for safeguarding vital installations in the recent years. UP also has followed the suit.
The perceived threats to Industrial and Infrastructure Security till recent times were three dimensional. Cyber Crimes has added the 4th dimension to these threats, Rajnath added. Cyber-crime has emerged as the biggest threat to Industrial and Infrastructure Security. Cyber criminals not only attempt to attack the critical infrastructure but also look for opportunities to hack information and data critical to vital installations, the Union Home Minister said.
” The Government of India, having realized the magnitude of cyber menace, has taken definitive steps to prevent Cyber Crimes. It is with this objective in mind that MHA has setup a dedicated Division of Cyber Information Security (CIS). It is not easy to nab cyber criminals as they are capable of committing crimes without actually being present on the spot. Many a times, these criminals are even sitting at far distances across or beyond territorial borders of our nation, ” he said.
Rajnath said it is important for every industrial and financial institution to get a cyber security audit done of their installations. It is equally important that the installations get their cyber infrastructure upgraded on a regular basis. A recent survey has indicated that only 37 % industrial companies monitor their tools and equipments and a meager 20 % indulge in Risk Management on regular intervals. This rings an alarm bell as 53 % of these industrial companies have experienced breach of Cyber Security in their installations, he said.
“It would be important to mention that Kaspersky Labs, a very renowned company which manufacturers antivirus, rates targeted attack on Industrial Control System as the biggest threat to critical infrastructure. Security of critical infrastructure, therefore, is also linked with internal security of any country,” he said.
The GoI set up National Critical Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIPC) in 2014 as the nodal agency to coordinate efforts to strengthen Critical Infrastructure Security Systems in India. We are trying to further strengthen this organisation in times to come, he said. The security force concerned should also have full authority, as they have to impose a number of checks and controls to provide fool proof security.