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Cyberspace Governance in India: Transform or Perish – Part II
With cyberspace having emerged as a new arena of conflict between nations, the more agile nations have brought about transformative changes in their cyber defence organisations. This three-part series analyses the important issue of cyber governance in India. The first part identified different types of cyber threats from the perspective of organising for cyberspace defence and discussed several cyber defence strategies which are relevant in the Indian context. This part first takes a look at our existing cyberspace governance architecture and analyses its shortcomings. It then reviews global practices for protecting national cyberspaces with a view to proposing suitable modifications for best addressing the national security challenges which we are being confronted with as a consequence of ever increasing conflicts in cyberspace.
Cyberspace Governance in India: Transform or Perish – Part I
Over the last decade or so, cyberspace has emerged as a new arena of conflict between nations. In order to address this challenge, the more agile nations have brought about transformative changes in their cyber defence organisations. In India, the two main agencies tasked with the defence of our National Cyberspace are the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC), and the Computer Emergency Response Team – India (CERT-In). It needs to be analysed whether or not such an arrangement is the right apex structure for the defence of our cyberspace. This three-part series analyses the important issue of cyber governance in India. In this first part, a notional model of our National Cyberspace is first presented. It then identifies the different types of cyber threats from the perspective of organising for cyberspace defence and discusses several cyber defence strategies which are relevant in our context.
Disruptive Military Technologies: An Overview – Part III
Over the last several decades, technology breakthroughs have been occurring at a very fast pace, with transformative effects on the nature of warfighting. The first two parts of this three-part series have reviewed the status of global research on technologies which are likely to have maximum impact on warfare over the coming decades. It has also emerged that, while India has taken some steps towards leveraging these technologies for enhancing our comprehensive military power, these are not commensurate with our geopolitical aspirations. Existing studies on rejuvenating our weak military industrial complex have mainly focused on measures which need to be taken by the Government, the DRDO, the Industry and the Academia. In this concluding part, we explore an introspective approach for the Armed Forces, based on the conviction that the primary hurdles to realising a vibrant defence R&D model exist within the Armed Forces, and can be largely overcome through internal re-structuring.