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

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

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?

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