Home Ministry pushes for IB right to screen VoIP services offered by Skype, Yahoo, GTalk, RediffBolHome Min has sought Telecom Ministry's intervention to expedite clearance for the IB to test an interception solution to monitor VoIP calls...
30 Dec, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Prepare yourself to be snooped in the interest of national securityA new automated surveillance system will be geared to track all kinds of pvt communication over landline, mobile, satellite, internet and e...
27 Dec, 2013, 02.11 PM IST
India’s surveillance system CMS to be operational soonPost-Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, CMS is among India’s most talked about security drives that targets private information of individuals.
05 Sep, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
DoT to set up security lab to test network gear used by mobile phone companiesThe telecom department wishes to set up the lab swiftly since it has mandated telcos to use only telecom network equipment "deemed safe" by...
02 Jul, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Beyond Snowden: US surveillance system a useful model for democratic, terror-hit IndiaThe only response to the US intelligence agency accessing users' information from internet companies has been outrage, in the US and in Ind...
27 Jun, 2013, 02.12 AM IST
- Central monitoring system put off till December, telecom test lab to October
ET, it has been said that this Centralised Monitoring System (CMS) will be commissioned only by December because of lack of requisite infra...
21 Jun, 2013, 04.32 AM IST
- Government to form new body to oversee telecom and cyber security
India plans to set up a new body that will oversee telecom and cyber security to avoid overlap between various ministries and intelligence ...
23 Jan, 2012, 04.25 AM IST
DoT extends security checks to include software used by telcosDoT has issued a directive to all telcos to inform the dept of all software updates they undertake within 15 days and keep records of the s...
02 Jan, 2012, 10.33 PM IST
- BSNL, MTNL to run secure government network communication
The network will connect nearly 5,000 government departments at the Centre as well as in the states.
19 Sep, 2011, 03.54 AM IST
- Phone tapping: Security monitoring body will intercept phone calls, analyse billing records
Manmohan Singh has sought clarifications on the upcoming Centre for Communication Security Research and Monitoring that is being set up to ...
18 May, 2011, 10.46 AM IST
- Bidding process for equipment buy in key sectors to be recast
Other decisions in the top-level meet include completion of the audit of all government websites, including those of SEBI, NSE and BSE.
12 May, 2011, 01.46 PM IST
- Intelligence Bureau wants ISPs to log all customer details
This may pose a threat to online privacy as ISPs such as Airtel, RCom, BSNL and MTNL will now become custodians of citizens' online records.
30 Dec, 2010, 11.50 AM IST
- Centralised information screening on the cards
The Union cabinet is set to clear a centralised monitoring system to track all communication traffic in the country, providing a one-stop s...
15 Sep, 2010, 03.00 AM IST
- IAF to kickstart its network centric warfare backbone
The IAF is all set to boost its network centric warfare capability by kickstarting Air Force Network (AFNET).
08 Sep, 2010, 03.35 PM IST
- India begins testing CMS to track all communications
India has begun tests of its indigenously built Centralised Monitoring System which can track all communication traffic.
18 Aug, 2010, 10.56 PM IST
- Centre to keep an eye on calls, emails
The project aimed at strengthening internal security apparatus & is slated to be operational in three years.
09 Jun, 2007, 01.10 AM IST
- India's way behind in IT surveillance
While the US National Security Agency (NSA) and even its FBI may be monitoring all electronic communications from India, Indian intelligenc...
19 Jul, 2006, 02.33 AM IST