New Delhi: The centre has reiterated that its policies are focused on ensuring a safe, trusted and accountable cyberspace, while remaining alert to growing threats to the country’s digital and critical infrastructure.
This was stated by Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Jitin Prasada in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on 17 December.
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) continue to play a central role in monitoring cyber incidents, supporting rapid response and restoring affected digital services.
CERT-In, the national nodal agency for cyber incident response under the IT Act, conducts regular security and vulnerability audits and issues alerts on emerging threats, including AI-enabled attacks.
In July 2025, CERT-In released comprehensive cybersecurity audit guidelines mandating annual audits across sectors, including critical infrastructure, supported by 231 empanelled audit organisations.
Centre has also strengthened defence against ransomware and cross-border cybercrime through AI-driven monitoring, zero-trust architecture, endpoint security and removal of legacy systems.
Additional measures include sector-specific CSIRTs, cyber crisis management plans, mock drills, indigenous cybersecurity tools and talent development initiatives such as the CSPAI programme.
Citizen-focused services like Cyber Swachhta Kendra continue to provide malware detection tools and cyber advisories nationwide.
