QUESTION 20
GS3
12.5 marks
Considering the threats cyberspace poses for the country, India needs a ‘Digital Armed Force’ to prevent crimes. Critically evaluate the National Cyber Security Policy, 2013, outlining challenges perceived in its effective implementation.
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200 words
What the examiner wants
Evaluate the National Cyber Security Policy 2013 and its implementation challenges, given calls for a 'digital armed force'.
Critically evaluateJudge the merits and the limits with evidence, and give a clear verdict.
Demand-wise check
- 1Threats: state-sponsored attacks, critical infrastructure, financial fraud, espionage≈35 words
- 2Policy aims: secure ecosystem, CERT-In 24x7, NCIIPC, 5 lakh skilled professionals, R&D, public-private partnership≈35 words
- 3Challenges: skill shortage, dependence on foreign hardware, coordination among many agencies, no updated strategy, low private compliance≈35 words
- 4Digital force: Defence Cyber Agency (2019), I4C; need for updated cyber security strategy≈35 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
ThreatsNCSP 2013 featuresGapsDigital force argumentReforms
Where marks usually go
- Listing threats without evaluating the policy
- No institutional examples
Draw this
- Institutional map: CERT-In, NCIIPC, I4C, DCA
Value addition
- DataNCSP 2013 aimed to create 5 lakh skilled cyber security professionals in five years.MeitY, 2013
- LawSection 70A of the IT Act provides for NCIIPC to protect critical information infrastructure.IT Act, 2000 (amended 2008)
Mapped topper copies
Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 47 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Mayank Purohit · AIR 33 · Page 11 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 19 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 21 ↗Same syllabus reference
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