Cyber terrorism a threat to border security: Defence Minister

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Last Updated: Sunday, June 14, 2015 - 23:20
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Jaipur: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday said that cyber terrorism posed a major threat to the country's security.

Parrikar made the comments at a conference on challenges and solutions regarding border safety issues in Jaipur.

"Cyber attack or cyber terrorism poses a threat to border security. Now this border is not imaginary, you do not know where it starts from. But it can, if it gets converted into warfare," he said.

He added that India would not tolerate any act or event that risked its security.

"Zero tolerance is the only solution when it comes to the security of the country. That has to be our mind set," added Parrikar.

Apart from Parrikar, Junior Information and Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore, officers from the armed forces, local administration and representatives of local organisations were also present at the conference.

 

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Useless blabber.

 

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Useless blabber.

what do you care? don't be stupid. If you have anything useful, you are welcome to suggest, don't blabber

 

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what do you care? don't be stupid. If you have anything useful, you are welcome to suggest, don't blabber

Whats useful in this? Everything looks like a threat to you Indians. Why don't you people go settle down on mars. Giving useless statements to entertain stupid masses is the only thing your politicians are good at. And you definitely seem like one of their targets.

 

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Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and Lt Gen Gurmukh Singh,Commandant MCEME and Colonel Commandant, Corps of EME, at the convocation at the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering in Hyderabad on Friday.— Photo: G.Ramakrishna

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Governor of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh E.S.L. Narasimhan has observed that the country could not develop a safe mobile phone technology so far that allows at least top 500 people to converse safely without being heard by a third person sitting miles away.

The observation by the joint Governor of the two Telugu-speaking States assumes significance in the backdrop of the ongoing cash-for-vote episode that triggered a huge row between AP and Telangana governments. Mr. Narasimhan made the remarks at the convocation of two engineering courses at the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME) held here on Friday.

“How carelessly we use our mobile phones to talk things today. This can be heard by some people sitting miles away. Do we have a system wherein we can put a chip into mobile phones and give them to select users so that their conversation takes place safe. Unfortunately, we don’t have such technology to encrypt and decrypt the conversation made by important people,” the Governor pointed out.

Mr. Narasimhan underlined the need to develop new technologies that could ensure safety and security of the country. He asked the 41 officers who graduated in Degree Engineering and Technical Entry Scheme courses to focus on economic and cyber security, disinformation, disruption and cyber-war aspects as challenges from the common man’s point of view.

Stating that the national security paradigm had undergone a sea change in the recent years, Mr. Narasimhan said it’s the technological superiority that counts now after Communism and Capitalism had given way to it. “Though guarding country’s borders, fighting and winning a war are not irrelevant, we must remember that ideology has given way to technology. Technological superiority is better deterrent than nuclear or arsenal one,” he felt.

Turning to social media, the Governor said it could create threat to national security and spread disinformation though it had some advantages. “It’s needed to be used with care and caution as we have seen what happened in Cairo and the Middle East and it can happen anywhere. It’s a strong tool that can swing social perceptions in no time,” he said.

The Governor stressed the need for indigenisation of technology stating that the country could not afford to import it for long and suggested the armed forces not get confused in gradation of information, intelligence and disinformation with one another.

Commandant of MCEME Lt Gen Gurmukh Singh and others participated.