Data Protection Bill needs to be cleared soon as data theft has become a common crime, says CDS Rawat

Thiruvananthapuram, Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat on Friday said the Data Protection Bill, tabled in 2019 in Parliament, needs to get cleared at the earliest as data theft has become a common crime in the virtual world. Rawat, while inaugurating the 14th edition of ‘c0c0n’, an annual Hacking and Cyber Security Briefing, organised by Kerala Police, said there was a need to synergise the efforts of cyber security experts of various government departments in order to “secure our digital assets”.
The CDS said India doesn’t have a dedicated cyber security law and there was a need for a framework for managing virtual space at national level.
“There is a need for a framework for managing virtual space at national level. Multiple government agencies deal with cyber security. Our defence services have cyber experts and state police have cyber cells. There is a need to synergise the efforts of these experts working with different government ministries and other private sector entities towards a common goal of effectively securing our digital assets,” Rawat said.