climbing theft rates. The pilfered programming can incorporate not just amusements, motion pictures, office requisitions and working frameworks, additionally security programming. Regularly, clients like to acquire a pilfered security programming, instead of procurement and overhaul lawful rendition, hence expanding the helplessness of their frameworks to digital attacks. The issue gets to be huger for those nations where pilfered programming is a regular occurrence.
• In India, the unlicensed programming business quality stands at about US$2 billion.
• Ensuring digital security is likewise a real test for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations, where 50 percent of programming is pirated.
What are governments doing to fight cyber battle?
According to the US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the internet is the new area in which war will be battled, after area, ocean, air and space. The US government has been centering on ensuring its computerized foundation, proclaiming it a 'vital national possession.' Essentially, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Russia and numerous different nations are presently making and preparing 'digital armed forces'. Such expanded vigilance is picking up consideration, as both governments furthermore corporate substances have gotten to be prime focuses of digital strike.
Countries cracking down on cyber crime
US is encouraging worldwide digital security re-presented a bill — the Demonstration of 2011 — conceding President Barack Obama the power to close down the web in the nation in the occasion of a digital strike. Then again, the bill is still under civil argument, and has been restricted by numerous associations that accept it may give the over the internet. Privacy masters for example, Marc Rotenberg, Executive Chief of the Electronic Privacy Data Center, accept that such a bill could hinder correspondence also monetary exercises.
Indian government is setting up IT institute
In January 2011, the Indian government affirmed that it plans to set up an organization devoted to preparing experts and creating advances to handle digital crime. The organization will be an open private association activity, with a sum expense of INR 1 billion (US$21 million).
• November 2010, India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) marked a concurrence with industry figure Nasscom to impart adroitness on approaches to counter digital attacks.
• n July 2010, the Indian government proposed an activity to create a unit that will incorporate an assembly of programmers going about as a specific group as counter offence to hacking exercises from remote nations. The National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), as well as the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), was assigned to make this capability.