Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Project Phase II

In an ever changing and fast paced world, training and development is an indispensable function. The Government of India has taken major initiative to promote spreading of e-Governance throughout the country in a large scale. The Ministry of Elect country in a large scale. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Security (MeitY) has approved the project entitled ‘Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Project Phase-III’ towards human resources development for safe, trusted, and secure cyber space. The ISEA Program is aimed at: Creating a robust training & certification mechanism for CISOs, Deputy CISOs, Associate team of CISOs/Aspirants Grooming students towards products/solutions development through ideation & innovation activities Advancing research & education in emerging/futuristic areas of Information Security Building cyber-aware digital naagriks through mass awareness These activities would be supported through common infrastructure & shared resources on cloud, enabled through ISEA Virtual Platform (IVP), to be designed as a common interface for various stakeholders/end-users Fostering a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship among students by nurturing developmental/entrepreneurial mindset of UG/PG students Problem statements of national/academic relevance in cyber security would be collected, analysed, brainstormed and mapped to potential outcomes in terms of product/solutions, software, tools, applications, etc Structured activities in the form bootcamps (institution level), hackathons (cluster level) and innovation challenge (national level) are envisaged at various levels by ISEA institutions Mechanism for mentorship & handholding support through mentors from industry, academia and Government Enhance the capacity and capabilities for research and education in advanced & emerging areas of Information Security The program is designed to focus on 10 (ten) thematic areas & related sub-areas namely (i) Computer & Network Security (ii) Mobile Device Security (iii) Software Security (incl. systems) (iv) Hardware Security (v) Security in Futuristic Technologies (AI/ML, AR/VR, etc.) (vi) Cryptography (vii) Security in Distributed Wireless Networks (IoT/CPS, 5G, etc.) (viii) Cyber Forensics (ix) Cyber Security (Operations, Services, Governance) & Privacy, and (x) Fintech Security (incl. Blockchain) ...view more