The Tech-Bootcamp on information and cyber security was held on 10.11.2022 at National Informatics Center (NIC), Bhubaneswar for senior officers of the state government. More than 50 officers from various departments participated and received training in this workshop.
Inaugurating the workshop, Shri Y.V.Ramana, Deputy Director General (Technology), Department of Telecommunications, discussed the uses and challenges of '5-G' technology.
Speaking on the occasion, Mrs. Kabita Roy Das, DDG & State Informatics Officer, Odisha asked all officers to take cyber security very seriously. She requested to ensure security audit of every application software project every year and stressed the need for security audit even when there are any major changes in the application.
Mr. Kashi Vishwanath Kethineni, Scientist-C, National Infrastructure Unit (NIU), Hyderabad, Mr. Niladri Bihari Mohanty, Scientist-D, Bhubaneswar, and Mr. Vijay Bhushan Pandey, DDG (Security), Department of Telecommunications, discussed on Network Security, Email Security, Server Security etc. All departments were requested to ensure TSL protocol for all domains and regular updation of server or virtual machine software patches. There were detailed discussions on cyber security case studies and best practices, cyber security incident reporting etc.
Delivering vote of thanks, Mr. Sushant Kumar Mahapatra, DDG and Head, Training Division, NIC, informed that NIC is going to organize six such workshops for senior officers in various fields during this financial year.
Dr. Ashok Kumar Hota, Deputy Director General (NIC) successfully coordinated the workshop.
