CYBER SHIELD: AN INTEGRATED CYBER SECURITY FRAMEWORK FOR INDIA

ARTICLE 1

CYBER SHIELD: AN INTEGRATED CYBER SECURITY FRAMEWORK FOR INDIA

PART I

1️⃣ Cyber Security as National Security

(GS-III: Internal Security / Science & Tech)

Core Argument

• Cyber space is India’s “new border”.
• Digital infrastructure = critical national asset.
• Cyber security intersects:
• • National security
  • Economic security
  • Public safety
  • Trust in digital governance

Analytical Insight

• India’s digital public infrastructure (UPI, Aadhaar, DigiLocker, ONDC) increases attack surface.
• Economic growth increasingly dependent on cyber resilience.
• Cyber vulnerabilities can destabilise:
• • Financial systems
  • Critical infrastructure
  • Democratic institutions

Way Forward

• Treat cyber defence as a strategic domain like defence services.
• Institutionalised, layered, continuous defence architecture.

2️⃣ Ev