Country's cybersecurity critical for its growth, says NCCC chief Rajesh Pant
The National Cyber Coordination Centre chief, Lt Gen (Retd) Rajesh Pant, sounded the alert while pegging the global economic loss due to cybercrime in 2020 to $6 trillion
PTI | March 13, 2021 | Updated 20:15 IST
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The chief of India's cybersecurity and e-surveillance agency Saturday cautioned that the other nations can slow down the country's growth by interfering with its cyberspace.
The National Cyber Coordination Centre chief, Lt Gen (Retd) Rajesh Pant, sounded the alert while pegging the global economic loss due to cybercrime in 2020 to USD 6 trillion.
Accordingly, he advised strengthening the country's cybersecurity saying it will be one of the factors which will be creating headwinds for the country's economic growth.