The union home secretary has released three manuals and a newsletter of the ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre’ (I4C) under the ‘Cyber and Information Security Division’ (CIS) of the ministry of home affairs. The manuals and the newsletter prepared by the CIS of the union home ministry are ‘Cyber Hygiene for Cyber Space – Dos and Don’ts – Basic Manual’, ‘Cyber Hygiene for Cyber Space – Dos and Don’ts – Advanced Manual’ and the quarterly newsletter ‘CyberPravah’.
The manuals are part of a focussed awareness campaign for prevention of cybercrimes and to inculcate cyber hygiene in rural areas, industrial bodies, and the general public. The quarterly newsletter, ‘CyberPravah’, covers introduction to I4C, various activities of I4C in two quarters (from April-June 2021 and July-September 2021), cybercrime trends/patterns, statistics, facilities created by I4C, platforms for reporting and addressing cybercrimes to make all the stakeholders aware and to provide assistance in the area of cybercrime prevention, detection and investigation. It also aims to create awareness about recent developments in the field of cybercrimes and cybercrime terminology.
I4C aims to spread mass awareness through various social media handles in the name of ‘CyberDost’ by providing cyber safety tips at frequent intervals for the public.
The I4C was set up under the ‘CIS Division’ in 2018, as an agency for coordinating at the central level and to support states/union territories by providing a common framework in their fight against cybercrimes.
