Cyber crimes can derail development Vice President Dhankhar

New Delhi, Jul 13 (PTI) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday cautioned that cyber crimes can derail a nation's development and called for a convergence of efforts and institutions to deal with the threat.
     He called for a need to further educate people to protect data to prevent them from falling victims of cyber crimes.
     Addressing a conference on cyber security organised by a think tank here, Vice President Dhankhar felt that there was a need to extend legal aid to victims of cyber fraud as they could have lost all their finances to cyber criminals.
     Referring to the exponential growth of the country's economy, he said "derailment can take place when we are not prepared for such kind of crimes, such kind of incursions".
     Likening cyber security to railway tracks, he said if one track is faulty, accident could take place.
     He said it has been seen how agitations are sustained.
     "... from various epicentres on the globe to destabilise the nation, and, therefore, we have to be vigilant, every individual has to be vigilant and this makes emphasis on cyber security all the more important," Dhankhar observed.
     The vice president said people fall prey to "rogue elements" due to lack of knowledge and added there was a need to ensure that people do not get "disheartened" by cyber crimes.
     Noting that terrorism has bled the country, the vice president underlined the need to take tough measures.
     "Our agencies are working very hard. The results are there for all to see, including Article 370 not being in the Constitution...But cyber security is all important also for terrorism," he said.
     Vice President Dhankhar also pitched for more research and development to make systems as impregnable as possible from cyber attacks.

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