The Central Information Commission organized a One Day Seminar on Cyber Security yesterday. Sh. Suresh Chandra, Information Commissioner graced the inaugural ceremony as Chief Guest, Mr. Heeralal Samariya, Ms Saroj Punhani and Mr. Uday Mahurkar, Information Commissioners were the Guests of Honour. Ms. Rashmi Chowdhary, Secretary, CIC welcomed all the Guests and participants. Mr. Somnath Banerjee, CISO & Sr. Vice President Global Services delivered the keynote address.

Ms Rashmi Chowdhary, Secretary CIC, in her welcome address emphasized about the importance of Cyber Security and encouraged the participants to actively engage in the discussions and reap the benefits of attending the informative Seminar.

Mr. Somnath Banerjee, CISO & Sr. Vice President Global Services, through his keynote address made the audience aware of the threats and challenges of Cyber Security.He also covered many interesting facts and anecdotes later in his session on the topic ‘Cyber Threats and Countermeasures’. The audience interacted with him and increased their knowledge on the topic.

Mr. Syed Hasan Mehmood, Joint Director, NIC-CERT enlightened the audience on the topic ‘Cyber Security Guidelines for Government Employees’. He explained the do’s and don’ts of Cyber world and importance of Cyber Hygiene.

Ms. Anjana Choudhary and Mr. Wadhawan spoke about the solution that can provided for the problems discussed so far in the name of threats and vulnerabilities.

Mr. Pawan Kumar, Sr. Vice President (Legal) and Head (Litigation), emphasized on importance and utmost need of Cyber Security in Financial matters through the topic ‘Scientific Analysis of Evidence in Cyber Crime Cases, Bank Frauds etc.’

Mr. Shiv Kumar, Sr. Director (IT) acted as a master of ceremony of the event. Ms. Roop Avtar Kaur, Additional Secretary, CIC proposed the Vote of Thanks to all. The Seminar was attended by approximately 170 Officers and staff of CIC.

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