Govt mulling to create new legal framework to handle cyber security challenges: Vaishnaw

Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that the government is considering establishing a new legal framework to tackle cybersecurity challenges.

Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said that the government is mulling to create a legal framework in order to address cybersecurity challenges and leverage emerging opportunities.

"We also have to create a new legal framework for cybersecurity with all these challenges that we are facing today and the new opportunities that we have. The time has come when we, as a government and industry, need to align together to handle these threats," the minister said at the AI Impact Summit here.