Government approves group to tackle cyber crime

New Delhi, Dec 24: Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday approved the setting up of an expert group to prepare a roadmap for effectively tackling cyber crimes in the country. "A five member group consisting academicians and professionals has been set up to prepare a road map to tackle cyber crime in country. It will give suitable recommendations on all its facets," a government release said. It said that director general of Centre For Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) Pune Rajat Moona, professor of Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru Krishnan, director general of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) Gulshan Rai, professor of Computer Science at IIT Kanpur Manindra Aggarwal and IIIT Bengaluru professor D. Dass are among the five expert team members. The government release said Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) joint secretary Kumar Alok has been chosen as the convenor of the team.