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Security Web Extras - Outlook C-DAC develops cyber security tools Our Bureau Hyderabad, Dec. 12 A slew of software tools that can crack cyber crimes, help in improving cyber security, especially in light of the growing incidence of cases and use by terrorist groups, have been developed by Pune-based Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). C-DAC has licensed 150 copies of its ‘Cyber Security’ tools software to various law enforcement agencies like the police and CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation), according to Mr S. Ramakrishnan, Director-General. The Government of Mauritius has in November 2008 procured the Net 4 Suite (which contains software tools to tackle disc, network problems and device forensics) for its police force, becoming the first international client, he told newspersons here. Interest has also come from Saudi Arabia, especially in seeking expertise from C-DAC to help set up a laboratory there. Negotiations are in the preliminary stage, Mr Ramakrishnan said. indigenous toolsC-DAC’s initiatives in the past few years have resulted in developing indigenous tools in disc forensics — capture data on discs, analyse and then make it provable in a court of law. They have also led to software that help in tracing e-mail (e-mail tracer), cyber forensics (digital evidence recovery and analysis, seizure and acquisition tools), network forensics (intrusion, detection and prevention) and device forensics (PDA, SIM Card analysers), he explained. C-DAC’s efforts have been piloted by the Regional Centre for Cyber Forensics (RCCF), Thiruvananthapuram. Started as a small group in 2004, the centre has grown and was formally inaugurated in mid 2008. It also draws on expertise and inputs from other C-DAC centres in Bangalore, Kolkata and Hyderabad, Mr Ramakrishnan said. The cyber security expertise has been extended to various Government departments in setting up entire forensic labs. “For example, the Income Tax department is setting up 4 labs in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai, with our expertise,” he added. C-DAC, under the Union Ministry of Information Technology, has also been organising training programmes to sensitise the judiciary, law enforcing agencies, scientists from forensic labs and concerned officials. It has also helped in analysing over 175 cyber crimes in the last two years. More Stories on : Security | Outlook
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