K. Sivan for adopting threat-hunting tactics to tackle cyber attacks

Of the 11,58,208 cyber security incidents under CERT-in purview in 2020, 25,969 are of website defacements

With enterprises worldwide gripped by cyber threats, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K. Sivan has advocated prioritising threat-hunting strategies over passive damage control measures to thwart emerging advanced persistent attacks (ATPs) in the cyber world.

Delivering the keynote address at the concluding day of the 14th c0c0n - cyber security and hacking conference organised by Kerala Police on Saturday, Dr. Sivan said many critical infrastructure in the country had come under targeted cyber attacks during the last few years. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in), which functions under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, handled 11,58,208 cyber security incidents in 2020 alone. Of these, 25,969 cases were of website defacements.