Date:25/02/2006 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/02/25/stories/2006022501812100.htm

Back Industry told to invest in e-security

Our Bureau

Visakhapatnam , Feb. 24

It is imperative for the industry, the Government and all others to invest in e-security as the volume of electronic trade and commerce is increasing and e-security audit should also be taken up on a regular basis, said Dr N. Vijayaditya, Director-General of the National Informatics Centre (NIC).

He was delivering the keynote address at the inaugural session of the three-day conference on e-security, organised by the Vizag chapter of the Computer Society of India and the Visakhapatnam steel plant, which began here on Friday.

Dr Vijayaditya said eternal vigilance was the price one had to pay in a computerised and networked world. "Of course, one has to strike a balance between convenience and security in devising the systems. Several new technologies are available to safeguard your networks, but they are expensive. We have no choice but to invest in them,'' he said.

He explained to the audience how easy it was to forge digital signatures and to misuse credit cards. "We must find ways and means to meet the challenges,'' he exhorted the professionals in the field.

Dr C.R. Chakravarthy, another expert and the event convener, said e-commerce in India had not really taken off for want of e-security, and, therefore, it was imperative to focus on the area.