CERT - IN (Syllabus: GS Paper 2 – Governance)

Context: Recently, the Indian government's nodal agency for cyber security, the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), issued a warning regarding multiple vulnerabilities in certain Samsung mobile phones.

Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)

• About: CERT-In is the national nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents as and when they occur.
• Formed: 19 January 2004
• Headquarters: New Delhi, India
• Motto: Handling Cyber Security Incidents
• Objective: Securing Indian cyberspace.

Functions

• Collection, analysis and dissemination of information on cyber incidents.
• Forecast and alerts of cyber security incidents
• Emergency measures for handling cyber security incidents
• Coordination of cyber incident response activities.
• Issue guidelines, advisories, vulnerability notes and whitepapers relating to information security practices, procedures, prevention, response and reporting of cyber incidents.
• Such other functions relating to cyber security as may be prescribed.