[march]Cyber Swachhta Kendra

Question 1

What?

Answer 1

part of the GoI’s Digital India initiative under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).

Question 2

purpose?

Answer 2

create a secure cyberspace by detecting botnet infections in India and to notify, enable cleaning and securing systems of end users so as to prevent further infections.

Question 3

What is Botnet?

Answer 3

Botnets are networks of computers infected by malware (such as computer viruses, key loggers and other malicious software) and controlled remotely by criminals, usually for financial gain or to launch attacks on websites or networks.

Question 4

Operations?

Answer 4

operated by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the provisions of Section 70B of the Information Technology Act, 2000.