Bhubaneswar: While developing a new technology, it is imperative to pre-assess its threat probability and ensure that it has an in-built infrastructure to tackle it, Vinaytosh Mishra, Director General of Police, CID-Crime Branch, Odisha, said on Wednesday.
“While developing a new technology, care should be taken to ensure that the security aspect is embedded in it,” Shri Mishra said while addressing a two-day ‘National Conclave on Cyber Security, AI and Emerging Technologies—Securing Tomorrow’s Intelligent Systems’ which began at the SOA Deemed to be University here.
With the focus on Artificial Intelligence, Shri Mishra said when a new technology is launched, the moot question is whether the developers studied its positive and negative impact. Rs. 22,000 crore had been siphoned off in one year through cyber crime, he said.
Shri Mishra said technological companies who launch new technologies should invest some part of their profit to prevent crimes and find solutions to problems the technology is likely to create.
Expressing happiness that a conclave on the subject of cyber security had been organised by a university, he urged upon researchers to examine the challenges and find solutions to the problems. “People with ideas and capabilities and the desire to do something new are needed,” he said.
Technology empowers and it cannot be ignored, but the need is of safe and secure technology, DGP Crime Branch said.
The inaugural session of the conclave was also addressed by Vinayak Godse, CEO, Data Security Council of India, Lt. Gen. M.U. Nair, formerly of National Security Council Secretariat, PMO, Kishore Narang of International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Vikram Tiwathia, Senior Advisor, Cellular Operators Association of India, N.K.Goyal, President, Cybersecurity Association of India and Dr. Debabrata Nayak, Director, Price Waterhouse Coopers India.
Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda, Vice-Chancellor of SOA, said in the face of expanding digital infrastructure, the advent of Artificial Intelligence and its impact had come as a big concern. The university would undertake training programs for students on cyber security. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) also signed between SOA and the Cybersecurity Association of India in the inaugural session of the event.
Lt. Gen. Nair said India had the largest digital public infrastructure in the world with 22,640 million UPI transactions occurring in the month of March accounting for Rs. 2952 lakh crore. The government can make policies but new technology would bring forth new challenges, he said adding academic institutions had a big role to play by debating the issue and thinking ahead.
Leaders from government, industry, academia and defence have come together on a single platform for the strategic dialogue on a secure and intelligent digital future.
The objective of the conclave, being organised by SOA in association with the Atal Incubation Centre-SOA Foundation, is to foster collaboration, innovation and policy alignment to strengthen India’s resilience against evolving cyber threats while promoting responsible and ethical adoption of Artificial Intelligence.
Prof. Manas Kumar Mallick, Director, AIC-SOA Foundation was present. Prof. Renu Sharma, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, SOA and Additional Dean (Student Affairs) ITER, proposed the vote of thanks.