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Bangalore , Dec 5

Cyber security is increasing in importance as broadband spreads across the country. The police, though, are confident about their ability to handle threats. Announcing that the Nasscom training centre to tackle cyber crime would be inaugurated in Bangalore on December 16, Mr Sanjay Vir Singh, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Economic Offences, Corps of Detectives (COD), Bangalore, said technology would help them prevent cyber crime in the country.

Speaking at the inauguration of a new development centre by RSA Security, a division of storage firm EMC, he said the lab would focus on credit card fraud and Internet banking threats, which are on the rise.

The lab would educate policemen, judges and prosecutors on various aspects of cyber crime, training up to 30 people a year. The public-private partnership initiative saw funding from Canara Bank (Rs 40 lakh) and other partners include HDFC Bank, ICICI, Infosys, Accenture, Motorola and Dell.

Mr Singh also spoke of the upcoming changes to the Indian IT Act. Sections on privacy laws, cyber stalking, cyber defamation and child pornography will be added, he said. Spam is currently not registered in the IT Act.

"India has the lowest cyber crime in Asia," said Mr B.V. Naidu, Director, STPI, adding that with the swelling numbers of Internet connectivity across the country, we could expect to see an increase in cyber crime.

RSA CENTRE

RSA Security, which was recently acquired by EMC, has opened a development centre in Bangalore as part of EMC's announced investment of $500 million in India by 2010.

The new facility will work on identity and access management products as well as perform support and maintenance roles. "Engineers here will work on anomaly detection and pattern recognition. A large portion of work on the common security platform, which integrates security into EMC's products, will be done in the Bangalore centres," said Mr Arthur Coviello, President and CEO, RSA Security.

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