Interoperable criminal justice system soon

Delivering his keynote address on cyber security challenges in present day world at Information Systems Audit and Control Association’s (ISACA) annual conference “cyber security-prepare or pay”on Friday, Delhi sessions court judge Talwant Singh said at present ICJS is being run as a pilot project in Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, where police, judiciary, jail, transport and revenue departments have been connected on the same platform.

“When somebody jumps traffic signal, the policeman will take fingerprint, then they would know whether he is an offender earlier or not. As soon as the police captures the information it is immediately transmitted to court, from court to jail, our system will become active and gives feedback whether that person is in look out only in that case or any more cases,” he said.

Pointing out that the proposal was submitted in 2013, Singh said because of the recent terrorist attack in Paris, the Union government approved the project and

sanctioned Rs 1,200 crore for implementing it.

He said the Centre plans to convert 18,000 courts to e-courts and digitise all document in record rooms and upload it on the Internet. “We have also submitted a proposal to link 500 jails in the country to their district headquarters through video conferencing.” Singh recommended that cyber law should be taught as a subject in universities.

Inaugurating the two-day annual conference “cyber security-prepare or pay” on Friday, he said, “it is high time we strengthened our IT systems, create mechanisms which will give early warning on threats and on hacking of systems and theft of information.”

Terming promotion of research and development in cyber security the need of the hour, the Governor said as India consolidates its leadership in IT in the world, Indian citizens, political organisations, public sector and government websites have been systematically targeted

for cyber attacks for long.

“Cyber security incidents are increasing every minute. A more worrying aspect of these attacks is the report that some of the attacks are initiated and funded by certain nations and terrorists outfits. Such attacks getting funding and other support can paralyse a nation’s financial and banking utilities, transportation and other essential services,” he added.