The digital world creates situations where nothing remains confidential or secret. At present, cyber crime has become a topic of discussion in almost all international level conferences. In today's time, the Internet has become the biggest means of time-saving because the cost of doing any work has been reduced to less than half. The Internet has brought discipline, elegance and certainty into our lives, but it has also brought with it a thriving world of crime. Trolling, information and identity theft, sex crimes, pornography, and virus attacks are the main components of this criminal world. Cybercrime is an illegal act in which information technology or computers are used. Advances in information technology have also opened the way for new possibilities in the field of criminal activity. Cyber laws have also been made to deal with such crimes.
Cybercrime refers to illegal acts committed against other computers by using a computer system as a weapon. Currently, cybercrime is used to extort money from a person by sharing information about his confidential information with others, in addition to unauthorised access to his privacy through social networking. Through cyber warfare, a country can destroy the computer networks of another country or challenge the sovereignty of a nation by gaining strategically important information. While the US and Israel used cyber technology against Iran's nuclear programme in 2009, the US presidential election held in 2016 was exposed to hacking by the Russian government. By the way, it is not a matter of just any one country’s being able to curb this problem. This is a global problem and its solution can also be found at the global level.
India has emerged as a favourable place for such attacks due to its diversity. The development of cyber security systems in India is still in its infancy. At a time when our country is rapidly moving towards 'digitisation', the threat of cyber security is also increasing. The problem of privacy violations on the Internet in India is also becoming serious. The attack of computer virus like 'Ransomware' on countries of the world, including India is considered to be possibly the biggest cyber attack in history till date. Therefore, in the age of the present digital and information-communication technology, while the use of the Internet is increasing in abundance, there is a need for better 'cyber security' in these circumstances. Cyber security refers to the protection of cyber space from attack, damage, misuse etc. by economic espionage.
In view of the increasing diversity and intensity of cybercrime, all countries should try to move towards a solution to this problem together, because in the era of globalisation of information and communication technology, a proper solution to this problem can be done only by the coordinated efforts of all nations. In view of the increasing number of cyber attacks in India also, efforts have been made in this direction from time to time, such as the Information Technology (Amendment) Act-2008, India's new Cyber Policy-2013, and a provision for cyber security by the Department of Information Technology.
Cybercrime is a serious and complex problem in the digital world. Hackers often break into computer networks whose security networks are weak. Therefore, it should be our primary need to build a technically sound network by upgrading the technology. Cybercrimes can be prevented by using IT technologies, biometric technology systems etc. On the economic side of cyber security, 'cyber insurance' can be a better endeavour. Today, when the Internet revolution has entered its fifth generation, if we can overcome the challenge of cyber attacks and succeed in making the Internet secure and reliable, then surely this information revolution will prove to be a boon for us.
Author-Pradeep Vaishnaw
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