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The Government has already allocated Rs 50 crore for the same and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has been asked to work on the same.
The Centre will be responsible for development of processes, systems attack prevention tools, security standards and certification of security testing labs, according to a recent discussion of the Cabinet Committee on Security. The Centre will require 100 people over the next two to four years.
The allocated fund of Rs 50 crore is expected to be used over the next two to three years, and the Centre is expected to generate its own revenue through fee of certification of labs and changes for security testing equipment after that.
The recent discussion of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) also mentioned that the proposed Centre for Communication Security Research and Monitoring, which will be set up at an investment of Rs 400 crore, would require about 182 people over the next two to four years. The CCS has approved the project in June 2011 and the Government has already allocated the funds. The Centre will be set up by Centre for Development of telematics (C-DOT) with the help of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).
The CCS has also noted that classified Government communication needs ‘much higher’ level of security than public communication, and a separate communication network needs to be established. The project will be implemented by state-owned telecom operators Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) or Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL).
For implementation of the Telecom Security Policy, the Government has already allocated about Rs 450 crore and about 500 people have already been approved for different positions. In the long run, about 1,300 people will be required to implement various features of the Telecom Security Policy.
The Government currently earns about Rs 400 crore from penalties for non-compliance of policy terms. This income is sufficient to pay wages, which is about Rs 40 crore per annum, according to the CCS discussion.
