<p> <br />Delivering a lecture on cyber security at CID Head Quarters here on Wednesday, Deputy Inspector General (CID), D V Guruprasad disclosed that the Week would be observed at all district headquarters in association with National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM).<br /><br />Admitting that the police were not adequately equipped to deal with cyber crimes, Guruswamy revealed that not even a single person accused in as many as 307 such crimes registered in the State since Information Technology Act came into force in 2000 has been punished so far. <br /><br />The charge sheet has been filed only in 60 cases. He pointed out that most of the police personnel did not even know about a thing as simple as a computer hard disk. <br />A CID Cyber Lab would be set up at Mangalore soon to lessen the burden on Bangalore centre, he announced. <br /><br />Cautioning about the possibilities of cyber space being used for subversive and terror activities, he called upon the media to create awareness among the public and be vigilante against it. <br /></p>
<p> <br />Delivering a lecture on cyber security at CID Head Quarters here on Wednesday, Deputy Inspector General (CID), D V Guruprasad disclosed that the Week would be observed at all district headquarters in association with National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM).<br /><br />Admitting that the police were not adequately equipped to deal with cyber crimes, Guruswamy revealed that not even a single person accused in as many as 307 such crimes registered in the State since Information Technology Act came into force in 2000 has been punished so far. <br /><br />The charge sheet has been filed only in 60 cases. He pointed out that most of the police personnel did not even know about a thing as simple as a computer hard disk. <br />A CID Cyber Lab would be set up at Mangalore soon to lessen the burden on Bangalore centre, he announced. <br /><br />Cautioning about the possibilities of cyber space being used for subversive and terror activities, he called upon the media to create awareness among the public and be vigilante against it. <br /></p>