Srinagar: The Jammu & Kashmir government has directed its departments to undertake a security audit of their departmental websites/applications through CERT-In empanelled agencies within a period of one month.
As per the news agency KNO, in a move aimed at protecting government websites/applications against cyber threats, the General Administration Department (GAD) has directed all administrative departments/heads of departments/deputy commissioners/managing directors of various public sector undertakings(PSUs)/Boards/Corporations to ensure security audit of their departmental websites/applications.
The Information Technology department has time-and-again issued instructions to all the administrative departments/heads of departments/deputy commissioners/managing directors of various PSUs/Boards/Corporations etc. to ensure security audit of their websites/applications periodically, at least once a year, in compliance with security policy, guidelines, and procedures, laid down by the CERT-In and Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India.
The GAD, however, noticed that many such websites are still unaudited.
“Notwithstanding the instructions, it has been observed that a large number of websites hosted on State Data Centre by different departments are still un-audited resulting in an increased risk of cyber-attacks as also reported by the CERT-In,” it said.
CERT-In stands for Computer Emergency Response Team – India. It serves as the national nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents.
