INDIA - HYDERABAD: The Telangana government is planning to launch a
specialized cyber security programme in association with the state's
technology institutes under its Telangana Academy of Skill and Knowledge
(TASK) initiative, said a top Telangana official on Friday.
"According to Union government estimates, the country requires around 5
lakh cyber security professionals. We think this is a great opportunity
for us to create jobs by imparting training in this area. Hence, we are
actively looking at launching a cyber security programme under TASK and
are in talks with institutions such as IIIT to chalk out the
framework," Telangana IT, Electronics & Communications department
director (communications) A S Ramesh said during a session on
'e-governance' organized by the Computer Society of India (CSI) as part
of its golden jubilee program - CSI 2014 -- here. However, he did not
specify the timeline for the launch of the programme.
Even
Telangana chief secretary Rajiv Sharma pointed out that data security
was a major concern for the state government due to the rise in
instances of cybercrimes in the country.
Meanwhile, Ramesh also pointed out that the government has requested
that Union government to extend its National Optical Fibre Network
(NOFN) project to all districts of Telangana. Currently, the network is
restricted to Nizamabad, Khammam and Rangareddy.
Under the NOFN
initiative, the Union government will lay 7-lakh-km of optical fibre
cable in all the major village panchayats of the country.
Speaking about e-government initiatives of the Union and state
governments, PWC managing consultant Biju Kadapurath said that apart
from connecting to citizens digitally, governments can also look at
G-2-G (government to government) as well as G-2-E (government to
employee) communication.
Indian School of Business (ISB) dean
Ajit Rangnekar pointed out that if the government wants to bring more
people under its e-governance umbrella, it must look at providing
services on mobile platforms as well because most of the people in the
rural India access internet via mobiles. This apart, he said that it was
necessary to provide these services in local languages as it would
enable more people to use e-governance services in the country.
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