Patching the gaps in India’s cybersecurity
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Doctrinal clarity and institutional coherence are essential for a robust cybersecurity posture
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On Sunday, February 28, there was a sensational report in
The New York Times,
China appears to warn India: push too hard and the lights could go out, based on investigations by a United States-based cybersecurity firm. It raised the possibility that the power outage in Mumbai, on October 13, 2020, could have been the result of an attack by a Chinese state-sponsored group. Maharashtra’s Home Minister acknowledged that a report by the Maharashtra Cyber Cell showed that the grid failure was potentially the result of “cyber sabotage”. Meanwhile, the Union Power Ministry denied that the grid failure was linked to any cybersecurity incident, and blamed human error for it. We cannot say who is right since not enough information is available in the public domain. And therein lies the rub.