Chandigarh to get cyber security centre next year; draft finalised

The Chandigarh administration has finalised a draft proposal for the setting up of a cyber security centre. The centre may come up next year under the supervision of city police.

The Chandigarh administration is set to establish a cyber security centre 'Centre for Cyber Security Operation (CenCOP)' next year to clamp down on the increasing cases of cybercrime in the city. The UT Administration has finalised a draft policy for setting up a cyber security centre in a bid to tackle the growing cases of online fraud and scams. The Chandigarh Police is the nodel agency that will run and operate the centre.

The city has been seeing a spike in the cases of cyber crime. Last year, around 6,300 complaints were filed last year and this year till July, 3,306 cases of cybercrime were registered. The figure jumped from 2,242 in 2017 to 3,167 in 2018 and further swelled to 4,793, reported the Tribune.