BENGALURU: Personnel from nearly 1,000 police stations in Karnataka will be trained to handle cybercrime as the state plans one cybercrime station per district by 2019.“We are starting from zero,” Praveen Sood, director-general of police (CID), who has begun an intensive two-stage training programme on how to deal with hacking, online harassment, credit/debit card fraud, data theft etc, for ranks till the level of constable. He maintains that training personnel remains the challenge when it comes to dealing with digital crime.Karnataka was the first to establish a dedicated police station to handle digital crime 15 years ago. “These sessions have been happening for some time now,” says Dr Triveni Singh, additional superintendent of police, Uttar Pradesh Police, who trains law enforcement departments across the country. “Until an officer clears the first session, he’s not taken to the next level,” said Girdhar, who expects more participation from the police as digital training is being mandated across states.Kunal Kumar, chief technology officer at Digital Task Force, a cyber-security company, said, “Policemen are regularly upskilled and updated about emerging technologies. States such as Maharashtra and Delhi have good infrastructure, but it still falls short when compared to the technology industry.” The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) reported 27,482 cases of cybercrime during January-June 2017, according to its last update.

Source: Economic Times April 07, 2018 05:37 UTC