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14/10/22 06:55 AM IST

CERT-In, Power-CSIRTs jointly conduct cyber security exercise

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  • CERT-In and Power-CSIRTs recently organized the cybersecurity exercise called PowerEX.
About PowerEx
  • Cyber Security Exercise “PowerEX” was designed and organized jointly by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and Power-CSIRTs (Computer Security Incident Response Teams in Power sector).
  • The CERT-In hosted the cybersecurity exercise on its simulation platform.
  • The event witnessed the participation of more than 350 officials from various power sector utilities.
  • 193 power sector utilities were invited to take part in this exercise.
  • Officials of Exercise Planner Team of Power-CSIRTs collaborated with the CERT-In team as Exercise Coordinators.
  • The objective of the recently concluded cybersecurity exercise is to “Recognize, Analyse & Respond to Cyber Incident in IT & OT Systems”.
  • Theme of the exercise is “Defending Cyber induced disruption in IT & OT infrastructure”.
  • It helped officials working in power sector utilities to learn, practice and respond to the cyber threats.
About CERT-In
  • The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) was established in 2004 under Section 70B of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
  • It comes under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
  • It is a nodal agency that deals with cybersecurity-related threats such as hacking and phishing. It provides security to Indian Internet domain.
  • It is responsible for collecting, analysing and disseminating information related to cyber incidents.
Source- Live Mint 

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