1. ICT for Masses New Environment Opportunities and Threats
PTC India Foundation
Mid-Year 2016 Seminar
Friday, 23 September 2016 by
Prof. Rakesh Mehrotra

2. New Environment
Two different domains Real world and Cyber world
How the rules of real world control the cyber world
A lot of development and new services but we have seen only 5% of internet sofar
Machine to Machine Communication
Artificial Intelligence
AI based Prediction and preemption

3. All personal, organizational and state information will pass through broadband
networks and becomes transparent
Threat to global society due to state sponsored non-state actors
How to protect personal, organizational and national security related information
Scary situation
Even US Administration has raised alarm and taking emergent actions.
What we can do from Indian perspective?

4. The Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative
In December 2015 US Cyber Security Act was passed
In Feb 2016 US$ 3.1 billion Information Technology Modernization Fund was sanctioned
National Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign
Invest over $19 billion for cybersecurity as part of the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017
Budget.
Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity
FEDERAL CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN