Cooperative societies, including banks across the country, can now look towards a comprehensive Cyber-Security Framework developed by the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) to secure their operations from crooks lurking in the cyber world.
The Framework titled “Cyber-security and IT Guidelines for User Interaction” outlines the minimum requirements that the cooperatives will need to follow in developing and implementing strategies, policies, procedures and related activities aimed at mitigating the risks of cyber threats and attacks, said Sundeep Nayak, MD, NCDC.
Former national cyber security coordinator, Dr Gulshan Rai, the brain behind the guidelines shared key features of the document saying that it has four levels detailing systems and structures that need to be set up in an organization; steps to be taken to secure and protect the system / IT assets among others.
The move to develop a cyber-security framework comes close on the heels of the Centre’s decision to computerize all Primary Agricultural Credit Societies(PACS) across the country and link them with District Central Cooperative Banks,…
