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National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC)

  • November 22, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC)

Subject – Security and Defence

Context – PNB server vulnerability may have exposed data of over 180 m customers: CyberX9

Concept –

  • National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) is an organisation of the Government of India created under the Section 70A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (amended 2008).
  • Based in New Delhi, India, it is designated as the National Nodal Agency in terms of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection.
  • It is a unit of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) and therefore comes under the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).

Critical Information Infrastructure

  • The Information Technology Act, 2000 defines Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) as “… those computer resource, the incapacitation or destruction of which, shall have debilitating impact on national security, economy, public health or safety”.
  • NCIIPC has broadly identified the following as ‘Critical Sectors’ :-
  • Power & Energy
  • Banking, Financial Services & Insurance
  • Telecom
  • Transport
  • Government
  • Strategic & Public Enterprises

To know about CERT-In, please refer August 2021 DPN.

Defence National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) Security

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