UGC launches UG and PG cyber safety syllabus

By Express News Service

NEW DELHI:  The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Thursday launched the Cyber Security Course syllabus on the undergraduate and postgraduate ranges.

Rolling out the curriculum, UGC Chairman Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar stated, “the syllabus aims to create more aware, responsive and responsible digital citizens, thereby contributing effectively to an overall healthy cybersecurity posture and ecosystem.”

He stated that the significance of cyber safety because of the elevated dependency and use of our on-line world by all of us in our private {and professional} lives couldn’t be overemphasised.

“One of the key actions for preventing cyber crimes is to generate sustained awareness among the public, especially among the vulnerable sections and groups, on cyber hygiene,” Kumar instructed TNIE.

The proposed syllabus offers broad pointers, and academics who would educate the topic could have sufficient flexibility to steadiness time vis-a-vis depth of protection.

According to the UGC, college students must be taught the inspiration of cyber safety and the risk panorama to equip them with technical information and abilities to implement and monitor cyber safety mechanisms to guard data know-how property.

Further, after finishing the diploma program, college students will be capable to perceive the cyber safety risk panorama and develop a deeper understanding and familiarity with numerous varieties of cyber assaults, cyber crimes, vulnerabilities and treatments.

Kumar stated UGC has been making sustained efforts in direction of creating cyber safety consciousness amongst Higher Educational Institutes (HEIs).

The UGC stated HEIs may invite cyber safety, laptop, IT certified school or different specialists from trade and material specialists to take the lectures, practicals and tutorials.

To have fun the Cyber Jaagrookta Diwas 2022, the UGC organised a webinar on Thursday during which a presentation on the prevention of cybercrime and adoption of cyber hygiene was made by Deepak Virmani, Deputy Secretary, Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, Ministry of Home Affairs.

The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been launched to strengthen the capabilities of regulation enforcement companies (LEAS) and enhance coordination among the many LEAS and different companies.

The MHA has additionally launched the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) to facilitate on-line reporting of cybercrime incidents.

The dwelling ministry has requested all of the states and union territories to watch the Cyber Jaagrookta (Awareness) Diwas (CJD)on the primary Wednesday of each month in all the colleges, schools, universities, Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and municipalities.

Following this, the UGC has additionally requested HEIs not solely to have fun Cyber Jaagrookta Diwas (CJD) but additionally to nominate Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at their establishments to comply with the purpose of motion for the preparation and implementation of the Cyber Crisis Management Plan (CCMP) for countering cyber-attack and cyber terrorism and in addition to submit the report back to UGC.

NEW DELHI:  The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Thursday launched the Cyber Security Course syllabus on the undergraduate and postgraduate ranges.

Rolling out the curriculum, UGC Chairman Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar stated, “the syllabus aims to create more aware, responsive and responsible digital citizens, thereby contributing effectively to an overall healthy cybersecurity posture and ecosystem.”

He stated that the significance of cyber safety because of the elevated dependency and use of our on-line world by all of us in our private {and professional} lives couldn’t be overemphasised.

“One of the key actions for preventing cyber crimes is to generate sustained awareness among the public, especially among the vulnerable sections and groups, on cyber hygiene,” Kumar instructed TNIE.

The proposed syllabus offers broad pointers, and academics who would educate the topic could have sufficient flexibility to steadiness time vis-a-vis depth of protection.

According to the UGC, college students must be taught the inspiration of cyber safety and the risk panorama to equip them with technical information and abilities to implement and monitor cyber safety mechanisms to guard data know-how property.

Further, after finishing the diploma program, college students will be capable to perceive the cyber safety risk panorama and develop a deeper understanding and familiarity with numerous varieties of cyber assaults, cyber crimes, vulnerabilities and treatments.

Kumar stated UGC has been making sustained efforts in direction of creating cyber safety consciousness amongst Higher Educational Institutes (HEIs).

The UGC stated HEIs may invite cyber safety, laptop, IT certified school or different specialists from trade and material specialists to take the lectures, practicals and tutorials.

To have fun the Cyber Jaagrookta Diwas 2022, the UGC organised a webinar on Thursday during which a presentation on the prevention of cybercrime and adoption of cyber hygiene was made by Deepak Virmani, Deputy Secretary, Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, Ministry of Home Affairs.

The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been launched to strengthen the capabilities of regulation enforcement companies (LEAS) and enhance coordination among the many LEAS and different companies.

The MHA has additionally launched the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) to facilitate on-line reporting of cybercrime incidents.

The dwelling ministry has requested all of the states and union territories to watch the Cyber Jaagrookta (Awareness) Diwas (CJD)on the primary Wednesday of each month in all the colleges, schools, universities, Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and municipalities.

Following this, the UGC has additionally requested HEIs not solely to have fun Cyber Jaagrookta Diwas (CJD) but additionally to nominate Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at their establishments to comply with the purpose of motion for the preparation and implementation of the Cyber Crisis Management Plan (CCMP) for countering cyber-attack and cyber terrorism and in addition to submit the report back to UGC.