Electronics & IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has launched "Cyber Swachhta Kendra" (Botnet Cleaning & Malware Analysis Centre),an imp milestone in various initiatives taken on Cyber Security. Free security apps for computers and mobile phones will be provided through this 'kendra' and Google Play Store. Virus and malware diagnostic tools developed by C-DAC are its features.
Mkavach, is the app to protect smartphones and tablets from hackers. USB Pratirodh will control the unauthorised usage of removable USB storage media devices like pen drives,external hard drives.
This 'kendra' is a Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre (BCMAC), operated by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) as part of the Government of India’s Digital India initiative under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). Its goal is to create a secure cyber space by detecting botnet infections in India and to notify, enable cleaning and securing systems of end users so as to prevent further infections.
More information is available on http://www.cyberswachhtakendra.gov.in/
