Q. Consider the following statements:
- Information Technology resources of ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and SBI has been declared as ‘critical information infrastructure’.
- The government, under the seventh schedule has the power to declare any data, database, IT network or communications infrastructure as CII to protect that digital asset.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer:
Neither 1 nor 2
Notes:
- The Union Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has declared IT (Information Technology) resources of ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) as ‘critical information infrastructure’.
- The Information Technology Act of 2000 defines Critical Information Infrastructure as a computer resource, the incapacitation or destruction of which shall have debilitating impact on national security, economy, public health or safety.
- The government, under the IT Act of 2000, has the power to declare any data, database, IT network or communications infrastructure as CII to protect that digital asset.
- The National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC)is the nodal agency for taking all measures to protect the nation’s critical information infrastructure.