Challenge in the cyber world that has arisen since the advent of social media sites is the rapid spread of false or sensitive news capable of quickly spoiling the environment. Due to this sensitive news going viral on social media many times, there is a danger of worsening the communal atmosphere of the country. In 2012, due to some such news, a large number of people from North-East India living in Bangalore fled from there.
Now let’s talk about dealing with these challenges for which we will need cyber security experts.
Here too the situation does not appear satisfactory. Even though India is seen as an IT superpower in the world, according to a news published in the national newspaper in the year 2013, India has only 556 cyber security experts whereas we need lakhs of such experts.
We have to understand that just as we leave no stone unturned in our defense budget, similarly in terms of security, we have to consider this as a front which if left ignored can have fatal consequences.
On this front, instead of bravery, understanding of technology will save us and we need to prepare an army of people with this technical understanding in the same way as countries like China, America or Russia have prepared, only then we can ensure our security from all sides.
