India takes a bold initiative to engage with private sector and international community to secure her cyber space, BIC-International Advisory Group (IAG) members participate at the Joint Working Group (JWG) event organized by the National Security Adviser of India.

To counter cyber attacks in economic and social infrastructure development, the Indian government on Monday, 15 October 2012, said it would set up a joint working group to engage the private sector and will start four pilot projects for this purpose. The roadmap released by the national security adviser, Mr Shivshankar Menon, as a JWG report on engaging the private sector on cyber security envisages setting up a permanent Joint Working Group (JWG) on cyber security and start four pilot projects. BIC-IAG members from India; Dr Gulshan Rai, Director General CERT-India, Mr Abhishek Sharma and Mr Manmohan Chaturvedi participated in this event in India’s capital city of New Delhi.

The event,  attended by large number of Cyber Security experts from the Indian government and industry, heralds a turning point in public private cooperation for Cyber Security. The need for bilateral and multilateral international engagement in this area of national importance was more than once reiterated by the panel participants.