Amit Shah talks about cyber commandos for fighting cyber threats

The Home Minister considered cyber security part of national security and dedicated a Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre (CFMC) to the country.

On Tuesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that cyber security is part of national security. Thus, he has now dedicated a Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre (CFMC) to the country. He said as many as 5,000 cyber commandos, a core group of highly trained police officers, will be ready in the next five years.

5,000 cyber commandos to respond to cyber threats.

Amit Shah, speaking at the first foundation day of the I4C (Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre), said, “We will have 5,000 cyber commandos in five years. These commandos will respond to cyber threats swiftly.” He called cyber security part of national security and said, “Country’s growth is not possible without ensuring cyber security.”

Inauguration of a “suspect registry.”

The Home Minister also inaugurated a “suspect registry,” where details of criminals involved in cyber and online financial frauds will be stored in one place and can be accessed by the states, UTs, central investigation, and intelligence agencies. It has been created based on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) in collaboration with banks and financial intermediaries to strengthen the fraud risk management capabilities of the financial ecosystem. Pointing that stakeholders will have to come together to deal with these cyber threats, he said, “If the states/union territories have data in silos, then it won’t help us in the fight against cyber criminals who have no boundaries. The time has come that a common registry for suspects is there.”

Dedicating a Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre (CFMC) to the country.

At the event, Amit Shah also dedicated a Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre (CFMC) to the country. It has been established at 14C with representatives of major banks, financial intermediaries, IT intermediaries, states/UTs law enforcement agencies (LEAs), payment aggregators, and telecom service providers. As per the ministry of home affairs (MHA) statement, “They will work together for immediate action and seamless cooperation to tackle online financial crimes. CFMC will serve as an example of cooperative federalism in law enforcement.”