Sakshi Education
- In its new guidelines on data security, Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has prohibited the sharing of secret or top-secret documents by its officials over Internet.
- They have also been asked not to use digital assistant devices like Amazon’s Echo, Google Home in office, Apple’s HomePod and turn off digital assistants, including Siri and Alexa, in their smartphones or watches.
- Officials have also been mandated to deposit their smart phones outside the meeting room during discussions on classified issues.
- Government issued new guidelines after they found that, a large number of government officials use private messaging platforms such as Telegram and WhatsApp for communication of classified information. As per ministry, such a practice violated the National Information Security Policy Guidelines as well as Departmental Security instructions.
- NISPG has been prepared by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), on the basis of experience of existing security standards & frameworks as well as global best practices & experience of implementation in the backdrop of expanding information security threat scenario.
Published date : 21 Feb 2022 06:07PM
