The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication
Engineers (IETE) celebrated
the World
Telecommunication and Information Society day, on the theme “Connect 2030:
ICTs for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” set by
International Telecom Union (ITU), highlighting the ICT advances for transition
to smart and sustainable development. The program was conducted by Dr. Ajay
Thakare, Convener & Chairman Technical Programs and Publicity Committee
(TPPC), IETE.
Mid Term
Symposium (MTS) is a
flagship program of IETE. This year the theme chosen was on “Digital
Forensics and Information security” said Dr. Thakare. Opening
remarks on MTS was given by Mr. Kulchandra Singh, Chairman, IETE Imphal Centre
and concluding remarks came from Mr. Ajay Kumar, Zonal Mentor, East, IETE.
“On this occasion of World Telecommunications Day
& Information Society Day and Mid Term Symposium of IETE, I would like to
share the strategic step IETE has taken by launching its dream project “Centre of
Excellence on Cyber Security and Critical infrastructure security” last week. IETE is on transformation path in
digital era to serve the society,” said Dr. J. W.
Bakal, President, IETE. The program was presided over by Dr.
Bakal.
Addressing the online participants, Dr. Manpreet
Singh Manna spoke about the transformation which is taking place. “It
is a fact that this is the time for us to adopt the transformation from
chalk-board teachers to digitally enabled teachers. This is the path towards
building a Nation for new tomorrow,” said Dr. Manna.
During the session, on the issue of trained
manpower, Professor Dr. Raghunath K. Shevagoakar, Vice-Chancellor, Bennett
University & Ex. Director IIT Delhi said that the educational institutions
will have to take the responsibility for developing the resources. “It
will have to be University or any other Institution to develop manpower with
right thinking and skills. If handled right, this will enable us to mould the
future of this nation with high ethical values with assured sustainability,”
said Prof.
Dr. Shevagoakar. According to him, ICT is going to play a very
important role in achieving the high standards of professionalism in this
sector.
“On our part, we have been driving digital
transformation and redefining telecommunications on the back of our
comprehensive portfolio of network equipment, software, services and licensing
opportunities,” said Mr. Samar Mittal, Vice President & Market Head,
NSW, India ,
Nokia. He apprised the participants on the developments in the area of Internet
of Things (IoT) Security and Automation and discussed various use cases.
During the ‘MTS’ session, Mr. Prasad
Patibandla, Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst touched upon digital forensics
trends, incident handling procedures on cyber-attacks and various forensic and
investigation tolls and procedures for Law Enforcement Agencies.
According to Dr. Anup Ghirdhar, CEO, Sedulity
Groups and Cyber Crime Investigator, there is an increase of over 90 per cent
in internet traffic during COVID-19 lockdown period. “This
has thrown open many challenges for experts,” he added.
“Cyber security issues like hacking, malware
attacks, corruption of data and software due to computer viruses, breaking of
secured passwords, taking control of computers from remote locations have also
grown in tandem and has become a key area of concern. These too need to be addressed
effectively,” added Dr. Babu Lal, Chairman Redefine Dimensions
Convergence Pvt. Ltd. & former Executive Director, BHEL. He
also emphasized that Cyber Security in the 21st Century
is a Matter of Global Coordinated Response.
However, the most challenging issue during this
period is cyber related crime. “To check the various unwanted cyber related
activities. It has become mandatory that the various related aspects of cyber
laws need to be propagated across the public domain,” said Dr. Pawan
Duggal, Advocate, Supreme Court & Expert on Cyber Law.
Digital currency like Bitcoin and Blockchain
security are a matter of concern and hence more research is required in future
said Mr. Anupam Tiwari, Joint Director (Computers & Communication),
Government of India.