The Times of India (Bangalore edition)
With heightened threat to cyber security, more so in the aftermath of the Mumbai blasts, it is likely that the IT Act 2000 will be amended to make it stronger, facilitating speedy trials and convictions. While the Cabinet has already approved it, the Bill for amending it is likely to be tabled in the coming winter session of the Parliament, Som Mittal, president of Nasscom, said at the Nasscom-DSCI Information Security Summit 2008 here on Tuesday.
Further, the National Skills Registry (NSR), an online database of IT professionals which potential employers use to verify the credentials of job seekers, will be linked to university registrations from next year so as to enable a better check on fake CVs by candidates and also cyber terror, Mittal said. Nasscom also expects IT companies to make it mandatory for employees to register with NSR, given the increased security concerns. Currently the NSR has a measly registration of 3.7 lakh candidates of the 20 lakh IT professionals in the country. Only about 69 firms are part of the NSR, as against 1,200 firms that are members of Nasscom. The registry was set up by Nasscom in association with the National Securities Depository in Mumbai in 2006.
Meanwhile, the Data Security Council of India (DSCI), established as an independent self regulatory organisation by Nasscom for an industry initiative to focus on best practices and standards for data protection is also setting up three more cyber labs in the country. Now there are labs in Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Bangalore.
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The Government of India (GOI) is planning to introduce in Parliament this month changes to the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act, 2000). The IT Act, 2000 was enacted in the year 2000 and lots of changes have taken place from that point of time. The IT Ministry/Department of Information Technology (DIT) suggested the IT Act Amendment Bill in December 2006. However, the same was found inadequate and deficient by the Parliamentary Standing Committee that submitted its recommendations in September 2007. The recommendations by the Standing Committee largely endorsed the suggestions of Mr. Praveen Dalal, Managing Partner of Perry4Law, and some other cyber law experts. It seems, the GOI and DIT have also finally accepted the majority of suggestions of Perry4Law regarding Proposed Amendments in the IT Act, 2000. However, still a long distance has to be covered since lots of changes have already taken place since those suggestions were originally provided.
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