India’s security coordinator kicks off new project to identify privacy, security issues in mobile phones, apps

NEW DELHI: The Indian government’s National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) has kicked off a project to identify privacy and security issues in the mobile ecosystem in India and to also prevent cyber frauds emerging from applications and device vulnerabilities along with insecure user habits.

Under the project, the NCSC will come up with a technology platform in the form of an application and desktop site to support Indian citizens and help them mitigate the vulnerabilities in their handsets emerging from specific operating system versions and pre-installed apps or any other app available on app stores.