Jammu and Kashmir Govt crack on the threat of cyber security, prohibit the use of pen drivers on all official devices

In an effort to improve cyber security, the Jammu and Kashmir government issued an order on August 25 that prohibited the use of pen rides on official devices at all administrative departments in the civil secretariat and deputy commissioner offices in districts. It is said that the failure to comply with it would invite serious disciplinary action. The order, released by M Raju, commissioner secretary, Department of General Administration (GAD), also contains a ban on WhatsApp or uninsured online services such as ILOVEPDF for processing, sharing or storing official or confidential material, which will maintain the sovereignty of data and avoid security violations. What does the order that pins prohibit on official devices in J&K? “All sensitive technical information, including ICT architecture diagrams, system configurations, vulnerability assessments, IP accounting schemes and strategic technology plans, must be classified as confidential and exclusively handled by approved secure channels in accordance with best practices for information protection by MHA. Checked whitelist is allowed for up to 2-3 pen rides per department on formal requests led by the various administrative head to the State Informatics Officer (SIO), National Informatics Center. After approval, the pen ride must be physically submitted to the various Nic cell for reconfiguration, authorization, and the direct directly before use, “As a safer option, departments are strongly urged to switch to Govdrive, a cloud-based, multi-rental platform that provides each government official 50 GBS And device sync, said this. All the departments are advised to give the best priority for the implementation of these guidelines in the interests of secure and secure e-goovernance. operation of various government departments. (With input of agencies)