Importance of knowing Cyber Law for Techies

The world of internet is known as cyberspace and the laws prevailing in this area are known as Cyber laws. All its users, including the IT people or “techies” come under the ambit of these laws as it carries a kind of worldwide jurisdiction.

 
An IT organization is the department within a company that is charged with establishing, monitoring and maintaining information technology systems and services. It may also be charged with strategic planning to ensure that all IT initiatives support the respective business goals. 
Cyber law is important because it touches almost all aspects of transactions and activities involving the cyberspace. Every action and reaction in the virtual world has some cyber legal angles.This field deals with the legal problems with cyber space as it helps businesses to prevent any kind of online crimes such as identities and data theft, privacy violation, banking frauds, cyber terrorism spreading malware and viruses, etc.
 
Cyber-Crime has not been defined in the IT Act, 2000 or in the National Cyber Security Policy, 2013 or in any other regulation in India. Hence, to define cyber-crime, one can say, it is just a combination of crime and computer. In other words, ‘any offence or crime in which a computer is used is a cyber-crime’. Even a petty offence like stealing or pick pocket can be brought within the broader purview of cyber crime if the basic data or aid to such an offence is a computer or information stored in a computer used (or misused) by the fraudster. The IT Act, 2000 defines a computer, computer network, data, information and all other necessary ingredients that form part of a cyber-crime.IT People usually deal with such problems so they should know how to solve them, and for that, they need to be well aware of Cyber laws.
 
Importance
It’s a “the more the merrier” scenario for the people with inappropriate motives and a criminal mindset. The more the usage of the web, the more are going to be the propensity of the people with inappropriate motives to commit an unlawful activity over it. According to a survey showed that the maximum amounts as Rs. 1.2 trillion were stolen by the cyber criminals in 2019. In today’s techno-savvy environment, the world is becoming more and more digitally sophisticated and so are the crimes. This brings us to the need for regulating the online usage of internet facilities that touches every action and every reaction in cyberspace.
 
One of the major IT functions is Governance. It refers to the implementation of operational parameters for working units and individuals' use of IT systems, architecture, and networks. In layman’s terms, they enact the rules about how you and your team can use the company’s technology and what you can use it for. This is part of the conventional IT security as well as the data assurance for which the IT department is also responsible. For this purpose, the team needs to know the basics of IT laws as it assists them to plan and build security strategies.
 
Cyber security strategies cover the following areas:

• Ecosystem: A strong ecosystem helps prevent cyber crime. Your ecosystem includes three areas—automation, interoperability, and authentication. A strong system can prevent cyber attacks like malware, attrition, hacking, insider attacks, and equipment theft.
• Open Standards: Open standards lead to improved security against cyber crime. They allow business and individuals to easily use proper security. Open standards can also improve economic growth and new technology development.

• Strengthening Regulation: This includes promoting cyber security, proving education and training, working with private and public organizations, and implementing new security technology.

• IT Mechanisms: These measures include end-to-end, association-oriented, link-oriented, and data encryption.

 
Along with the basic security strategies, the network needs advanced security. The most effective way to improve network security is by using the right technology. Network security technology includes the following:

• Active Devices: These devices can include either software based or hardware based firewalls, antivirus devices or software, and content filtering devices.

• Passive Devices: These devices help to recognize unwanted internet traffic.

• Preventative Devices: Many devices are focused on preventing network threats. These are called preventative devices. These devices can include network scanners and penetration testers.

• Unified Threat Management: These are complete security devices. They can include content filtration, firewall technology, and web caching.

 
The right IT role has a significant impact on your organization. Depending on the organizational objectives, the business might also benefit from more strategic areas, including:

• Cyber security roles: Information security analyst, cyber security architect, cyber security engineer.
•  IT roles: IT developer, IT architect, IT product manager
• Developers roles: Develps manager, automation architect, security engineer, software developer.
• Artificial intelligence roles: Machine learning engineer, data scientist, business intelligence developers.

For all the above-mentioned purposes, the vital role is played by Cyber or Web laws. Hence, it is required for the people working in various IT departments of different spheres to learn these laws for the optimum usage of the technology as well as to enhance businesses.
 
 
                                                                                             By: Hemangee Sharma
                                                                                     (Pursuing BA.LLB, FIMT, Delhi)
 
 
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