UPSC Prelims 2017 – Question 85

Q85. In India, it is legally mandatory for which of the following to report on cyber security incidents?

1. Service providers
2. Data Centres
3. Body corporate

Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3

The correct answer is 1, 2 and 3. 

• In India, Section 70-B of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (the “IT Act”) empowers the Central Government to appoint the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) to report such incidents. 
• The Union Government under section 70B of the IT Act, 2000 established and notified rules of CERT-In in 2014.  
• According to Rule 12(1)(a), it is mandatory for service providers, intermediaries, data centres and corporate bodies to report cyber security incidences to CERT-In within a reasonable time of occurrence of the incident. Hence, Option 4 is correct. 

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