Security implications for wired India: Role of technology

Abstract

With an expanding IT infrastructure, India is getting ‘wired’ to the ‘global village’ at an extremely rapid pace. Prudence demands that we pay due attention to the threats impinging upon our electronic frontiers. In a multifarious threat scenario, technology aids deployed in a ‘layered’ manner offer the most credible defence. While discussing various technologies, this article stresses our capability to develop core technologies and adapt them with effective policies in the working environment. Since technology itself is not the panacea for information security, unless aptly supported by sound legislation and effective policies, a secure ‘wired India’ would remain a distant dream.