India, US co-operation for tackling cyber crime

    New Delhi: India and the US have agreed to improve co-operation among the law enforcement agencies to deal with cyber crime. At the conclusion of the third Plenary of Indo-US Cyber Security Forum, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in consultation with their US counterpart decided to set up an India Information Sharing and Analysis Centre (ISAC). The forum also agreed to form an India Anti-Bot Alliance to raise awareness about emerging threats in cyberspace. The Research and Designing working group will concentrate on hard problems of cyber security, cyber forensics and anti-spam research. It also decided to organize a series of Indo-US seminars, workshops, and expert level exchanges in the coming months, in this regard. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Michael Coulter led the US delegation while Shri Arvind Gupta, Joint Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat led the Indian delegation. A wide cross section of officials and industry representatives from both sides attended the meeting.

    Inaugurating the plenary, Deputy National Security Advisor, Vijay K Nambiar referred to the ongoing transformation of Indo-US relationship into a strategic partnership and emphasized on the "need for serious attention to sound information security practices in view of rapid growth of IT Enabled Services (ITES) trade between the two countries". Recognizing the role played by the Indo-US Cyber Security Forum in the growth of Indo-US relationship, Nambiar said that the "the Indo-US Cyber Security Forum was addressing these very issues through its Joint Working Groups and would continue to do so" in the future. Arvind Gupta, the Indian Co-Chair of IUSCSF, in his opening remarks, pointed out that the third plenary of the Indo-US Cyber Security Forum presented an opportunity to extend and institutionalize mutual cooperation in cyber security and make it self-sustaining. Coutler, the US Co-Chair, highlighted emerging strategic relationship between the two countries, and said it was predicated on common visions, concerns and inter-dependencies. Highlighting the activities of the Forum and its Working Groups, Coutler said he expected a more ambitious programme in the coming years and welcomed suggestions for greater information sharing in the Transportation and Financial Sectors. He further said he was "hoping that the Forum's agenda would help cope with new challenges on the cyber security horizon such as mitigating risk in the emerging sub-outsourcing environment".

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