GV Anand Bhushan, Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, says that the tensed situation with China and Pakistan last year had seen a sudden spike in the number of cyber-attacks. Going by the trend in the past, he sees a high possibility of attacks on the players involved in the VDD infrastructure manifested in the form of a ransomware attack, malware attack, phishing attack, an attempt to steal confidential information etc. He wants the government to ensure that an over-arching cybersecurity framework is implemented to prevent the occurrence of such attacks.
“It is absolutely critical for the government to ensure, with the assistance of CERT-In, that it has a full proof Crisis Incident Response Plan in place that clearly lists down the strategy to be adopted in case of a cyber-security incident,” he says.