Bharat Operating System Solutions to guard Army against cyber threads

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Source:-http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-4371794/Indian-army-boss-guard-against-cyber-attacks.html
Indian army to get new 'boss' to guard forces from cyber attacks

  • The Bharat Operating System Solutions has already been tested by the Army
  • 'BOSS' has been created in India to replace foreign systems currently being used
  • India is also coming up with a tri-services cyber agency which will deal with the matters of cyber security and have both offensive and defensive capabilities
  • See more news from India at www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome



In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's push for enhancing cyber security, the Indian Army is testing the indigenous BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions) to guard its communication and information networks from espionage by foreign players.

In his maiden address to the senior commanders of the three services, the prime minister had asked them to guard against the threats in the cyber domain and after that, Army's Jammu and Kashmir-based Northern Command started the evaluation of the indigenous operating system for military requirements.

'The Northern Command has been evaluating the BOSS at its headquarters as an option for replacing the foreign solutions to provide more security to the critical security-related information of the forces deployed there,' government sources told Mail Today.



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The Indian Army is testing the indigenous BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions) to guard its communication and information networks from espionage by foreign players

'The software, developed by CDAC Chennai, is being customised for meeting the requirements of the military and during the evaluation last week, it was moving ahead satisfactorily,' they said.


BOSS is a software developed to benefit the usage of free software in the country and considered to be an important initiative by military analysts when cyber is fast emerging as warfare domain.

Army sources said protection of vital information in cyber domain is critical for the forces deployed in the command which faces both China and Pakistan as even if the itinerary of a small convoy gets leaked, it can be proven dangerous.

At present, the Indian military is using foreign-origin software, which have been frequently coming under the scanner for working for their countries' intelligence agencies and cannot be considered safe in the prevailing atmosphere of leaks and cyber espionage.



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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the senior commanders of the three services andasked them to guard against the threats in the cyber domain

Currently, a number of equipment in the cyber infrastructure used by the public sector agencies supporting military communication is sourced from foreign manufacturers.

Fearing espionage through foreign equipment, an advisory was issued couple of years ago by the Air Force to its personnel against using the phones of a particular phone firm.

Army officials from the Corps of Signals - which is responsible for maintenance and looking after entire gamut of military communication - said creating our own information and communication technology infrastructure would also help in providing opportunity for 'Make in India' products in the sector.

India is also coming up with a tri-service cyber agency which will deal with the matters of cyber security and have both offensive and defensive capabilities while dealing with issues in that domain.

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Estonia open to assist India on cyber security

TALLINN (ESTONIA): Estonia is keen to help India combat cyber-attacks by engaging with the South Asian country in joint drills and offering its cutting edge technical resources in the field at a time when cyber strikes across the globe are seen as dangerous to the stability of democracies and growth economies.

Tallinn, the capital of this tiny Baltic nation, may be famous for its medieval churches and quaint, cobble-stoned streets, but it is also home to the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, a leading international military organisation dealing with cyber conflicts.

"Estonia is the cyber security training ground for NATO and the European Union, and we would be happy to exchange our knowhow and help set up similar training exercises in India," Siim Sikkut, Deputy Secretary General (IT & Telecom) in Estonia's economic affairs and communications ministry, told ET.

Estonia's cybersecurity experts, he said, are willing to suggest ways to help India operationally defend its core systems and on forge strong collaborations with critical service providers in the private sector.

The Northern European Baltic nation has taken big strides in embracing digital technology and views cyber security as an integral part of broader security to protect its digital lifestyle.

Talks of a potential Indo-Estonian engagement on cyber-security come ahead of the upcoming EU-India summit next month and also just days after European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, suggested the creation of a stronger European cyber security agency to defend against such attacks amid growing incidence of ransomware attacks across the globe.


According to Sikkut, Estonia's former ambassador to India, Viljar Lubi was very active on the cyber security front, and more recently other Estonian experts in the field have spoken at cyber security related conclaves in India.

A deeper engagement on cyber security appears on the cards between Estonia and India at a time when the next month's wide-ranging EU-India summit in Delhi is slated to also pave the way for active cooperation between India and the Europol's European Cybercrime centre on counter-terrorism operations and battling cyber crime.

The Estonian government is also keen to work closely with India to help the latter leverage its biometric Aadhaar database for delivering a host of digital services to citizens.

"India has taken big strides in setting up digital identity of citizens with Aadhaar, but we believe the digital identity (mechanism) must not be limited to just authentication or identification, but must be extended all the way to digital signatures" said Sikkut.

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We have world's largest pool of IT workers but still we don't have counter cyber security wing ?
 

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Yeah just like kadi ninda.
Only hot air.
Our perception on Kadi Nindas doesnt matter
Only thing matters for us all is how secure we are waking up to a brand new day and what is done to achieve it if its in the media or not or how they twist it and turn it
 

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