<p>The move follows the formal notification of the IT (Amendment) Act 2008, in its Official Gazette amending the IT Act, 2000, which received the Presidential assent, on Friday. <br />With the new IT Act in play, the Centre, is expected to shortly put in place Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (ICERT) as also a national nodal agency for Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP). Besides, an Examiner of Electronic Evidence, severe penalties for identity theft, violation of privacy, cyber terrorism, data theft, cyber porn, among others, are other key initiatives the new IT Act enumerates. <br /><br />Critical information<br />The CIIP, will be responsible for all measures including R&D relating to protection of critical information infrastructure. <br />The ICERT, to be headed by a Director-General and his team, will ensure cyber security through collection, analysis and dissemination of information on cyber incidents, forecast and alerts of cyber security incidents, undertake emergency steps and coordinate response for handling such incidents. It will also issue guidelines, advisories, vulnerability notes and whitepapers relating to information security practices, prevention, et al. <br /><br />Expert opinion<br />Likewise, an Examiner of Electronic Evidence to provide expert opinion on electronic form evidence before any court or other authority is also on way. The electronic form evidence will include computer evidence, digital audio, digital video, cell phones, digital fax machines. <br /><br />Similarly, a Cyber Appellate Tribunal, will be constituted by the Centre and selection of chairperson and its members made in consultation with Chief Justice of India. The chairperson then shall have bench/es comprising of one or two members. The benches will sit in New Delhi and other places as the Centre, may, in consultation with the CAT chairperson, will notify. <br /><br />Further, computer related offenses such as fraud, sending offensive messages through communication service, identify theft, cheating by personation, material containing sexually explicit act, etc, and also cyber terrorism compromising country’s security, will attract imprisonment ranging from three to five years besides fines ranging from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5 lakh and/also both. <br />DH News Service</p>
<p>The move follows the formal notification of the IT (Amendment) Act 2008, in its Official Gazette amending the IT Act, 2000, which received the Presidential assent, on Friday. <br />With the new IT Act in play, the Centre, is expected to shortly put in place Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (ICERT) as also a national nodal agency for Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP). Besides, an Examiner of Electronic Evidence, severe penalties for identity theft, violation of privacy, cyber terrorism, data theft, cyber porn, among others, are other key initiatives the new IT Act enumerates. <br /><br />Critical information<br />The CIIP, will be responsible for all measures including R&D relating to protection of critical information infrastructure. <br />The ICERT, to be headed by a Director-General and his team, will ensure cyber security through collection, analysis and dissemination of information on cyber incidents, forecast and alerts of cyber security incidents, undertake emergency steps and coordinate response for handling such incidents. It will also issue guidelines, advisories, vulnerability notes and whitepapers relating to information security practices, prevention, et al. <br /><br />Expert opinion<br />Likewise, an Examiner of Electronic Evidence to provide expert opinion on electronic form evidence before any court or other authority is also on way. The electronic form evidence will include computer evidence, digital audio, digital video, cell phones, digital fax machines. <br /><br />Similarly, a Cyber Appellate Tribunal, will be constituted by the Centre and selection of chairperson and its members made in consultation with Chief Justice of India. The chairperson then shall have bench/es comprising of one or two members. The benches will sit in New Delhi and other places as the Centre, may, in consultation with the CAT chairperson, will notify. <br /><br />Further, computer related offenses such as fraud, sending offensive messages through communication service, identify theft, cheating by personation, material containing sexually explicit act, etc, and also cyber terrorism compromising country’s security, will attract imprisonment ranging from three to five years besides fines ranging from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5 lakh and/also both. <br />DH News Service</p>
