India needs National cybersecurity strategy: Leaders at Microsoft ExpertSpeak

As part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Microsoft organized the third edition of ExpertSpeak, a curated dialogue series with industry experts, on India’s evolving threat landscape and securing cyberspace at scale. Against this backdrop, Keshav Dhakad, General Counsel, Microsoft India, was in conversation with Lt Gen Rajesh Pant, National Cybersecurity Coordinator, PMO, Government of India, on the evolution of the cybersecurity landscape in the country and the need for stronger collaboration between the public and private sectors to secure India at scale.
Gen Pant called for greater sharing of threat intelligence between enterprises and the government, stating that cybersecurity is an essential service today with India being one of the most cyber attacked nations in the world.
He said that what is required now is a National Cybersecurity Strategy, which has been in the works for over the last two years and is in the cabinet for the final stamp. Then the first thing is that we need a governance structure, because there is no central apex organization which is responsible for cybersecurity of the nation,