Under cyber forensics, the government aims to create tools for investigating social media, dark web activities, pornography, deep fakes, and more
India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has unveiled ambitious draft roadmaps for key sectors, outlining targets from 2024 to 2047. These sectors include mobile security, internet of things (IoT) security, cyber forensics, quantum technologies, and cryptography. The government is particularly keen on promoting indigenisation in IoT, mobile security, and cryptography.
The public has been invited to provide feedback on these draft roadmaps until February 15, as MeitY aims to achieve its outlined targets. The primary focus is on developing tools and technologies to enhance security and forensics capabilities across various domains.
Under cyber forensics, the government aims to create tools for investigating social media, dark web activities, pornography, deep fakes, and more. The long-term goals include developing forensics to detect child exploitation and analysing attacks on critical sectors like power, banking, transportation, healthcare, and telecom.
The mobile security roadmap envisions developing an indigenous secure mobile stack for wearables, personal assistants, and embedded systems by 2047. Short-term targets for 2030 include social media analytics tools, forensics for various sectors, and deploying “quantum-backed security” for mobile systems.
For IoT security, the government plans to establish an indigenous security ecosystem by 2047. The roadmap outlines objectives such as developing AI-powered self-adapting IoT security and creating an IoT sandbox between 2024 and 2047.
To boost quantum technologies, the government aims to focus on developing new materials, proprietary algorithms, hardware, and accelerators. The roadmap spans from immediate tasks like developing superconducting materials to longer-term goals such as research and development in quantum computers, sensing, metrology, and communications.
In the realm of cryptography, the government is set to work on fast, secure block/stream ciphers and quantum-resistant cryptography from 2024 to 2034. Indigenisation of cryptographic solutions is also a key focus during this period.
The ministry’s emphasis on public consultation and the invitation for comments until February 15 signals a collaborative approach towards achieving these technological milestones. As India gears up for a technology-driven future, these roadmaps lay the foundation for a secure and resilient digital landscape.
