The recent recognition of India as an ‘Authorizing Nation’ for CCRA certification to test and certify Electronics and IT products with respect to cyber security will give a fillip to the digital agenda of the country, according to Mr R S Sharma, Secretary, Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India, who was speaking at the Inaugural Session of the 15th International Common Critieria Conference (ICCC) organized here today.
Common Criteria assesses the design and implementation of security-sensitive products and provides assurance that the specification, implementation, and evaluation of each solution have been thoroughly analyzed. The 15th ICCC was hosted by STQC, DeitY in partnership with CII.
The recognition will help to fast forward programs related to real time secured service delivery such as e-Governance, e-Commerce, financial inclusion schemes and citizen engagement platforms.
The authorization status will give Indian electronics and IT manufacturing Industry and Government a collaborative environment the prime minister’s vision of ‘Make in India’, Mr Sharma added.
Dr Arvind Gupta, Deputy National Security Advisor, who was the Guest of Honor at the Session added that the authorization status will help India become a hub for security assurance of IT services and products. Keeping pace with the rapid change in technology domain, building institutions to keep up with these changes, skilling human resource and creating and innovating the eco-system are the four key priorities for India, to avail the opportunities in this space.
Building a broader cooperative network in which government and industry can interface on security matters becomes essential for setting benchmarks, becoming market ready and expediting knowledge transfer, according to Mr Kiran Karnik, Chairman, CII National Committee on Telecom and Broadband. He added that it also helps in bringing clarity to the broader standards landscape, helping industry identify the best of the standards that exist in the global marketplace.
The ICCC conference comprise of Certification Bodies, Evaluation Laboratories, Researchers, Evaluators, Policy Makers, Product Developers, Sellers and Buyers across the globe, interested in the specification, development, evaluation, and certification of IT security said Mr N E Prasad, Director General, STQC in his opening remarks.
This first-ever conference in India brought together more than 250 cyber security experts from the government, academic, and industry representatives from around the world to learn more about this new developments in this international standard and how it can be effectively used to help build more secure information systems and technologies worldwide.
New Delhi