Corporates should gear up for cyber security audit: Debesh Das
Corporate entities should gear up for cyber security audit by independent agencies in line with financial audit in order to rein in cyber crime.
By PTI |
KOLKATA: Corporate entities should gear up for cyber security audit by independent agencies in line with financial audit in order to rein in cyber crime.
"We should never neglect the cyber security issue. This should be top priority. Corporates should brace themselves for cyber security audit in line with financial audit," West Bengal Information Technology Minister Debesh Das said today.
Stating that existing legislations were insufficient to curb cyber crime, Das said that enacting laws would not be enough to tackle the issue.
Though he said that the state government had no intention to make it mandatory for corporate entities to conduct cyber security audit.
"States cannot enact any law for the private sector to make cyber security audit mandatory. This has to come from themselves," Das, who was speaking at a seminar on cyber security organised by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, explained.
Kolkata Police Commissioner G M Chakraborty said that cyber crime rate in the state was minimal, but the country as a whole was not fully geared up to handle cyber crime.
"The nature of crime has changed. The next decade will see many more cyber crimes. We must be equipped to handle it," Chakraborty said.
The city police had a well equipped cyber crime cell which was being improved with the help of reputed academic institutions, he said.
"We should never neglect the cyber security issue. This should be top priority. Corporates should brace themselves for cyber security audit in line with financial audit," West Bengal Information Technology Minister Debesh Das said today.
Stating that existing legislations were insufficient to curb cyber crime, Das said that enacting laws would not be enough to tackle the issue.
Though he said that the state government had no intention to make it mandatory for corporate entities to conduct cyber security audit.
"States cannot enact any law for the private sector to make cyber security audit mandatory. This has to come from themselves," Das, who was speaking at a seminar on cyber security organised by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, explained.
Kolkata Police Commissioner G M Chakraborty said that cyber crime rate in the state was minimal, but the country as a whole was not fully geared up to handle cyber crime.
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"The nature of crime has changed. The next decade will see many more cyber crimes. We must be equipped to handle it," Chakraborty said.
The city police had a well equipped cyber crime cell which was being improved with the help of reputed academic institutions, he said.
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