The Tripura Government has decided to recruit a cyber security expert to secure the data centre recently set up at IT Bhawan in Agartala, said an official.
Speaking to reporters, the principal secretary for IT Puneet Aggarwal said the cyber threat is on the rise and as services are getting digitised, users also run a greater risk of facing misuse.
In order to provide augmented cyber security, the government has identified sensitive data at the cyber security data centre where new threats are being identified regularly, said Aggarwal. He added that the expert to be hired soon by the government would supervise the protection of the digital frontier along with existing IT experts under government service.
“These are sensitive data. We have felt there’s a need to have an expert for the protection and security of this data,” added Aggarwal.
He also said agencies would be roped in through requisite government procedures for providing experts who have industry standards. “They will guide us on how to protect our infrastructure.”
The move is the first major step to protect government data from cyber attacks, especially after a slew of recent complaints from ministers and…
