Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 18: NHPC organised a special session on ‘Cyber Security’ in the presence of YK Chaubey, CMD NHPC, which was taken by Major General Manjeet, Sena Medal, Joint Secretary (Cyber), National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) at Corporate Office Faridabad, today.
RP Goyal, Director (Finance), NHPC and Biswajit Basu, Director (Projects), NHPC were present during the special session.
It is pertinent to mention here that the NHPC- India’s premier hydropower company is observing October 2022 as ‘National Cyber Security Awareness Month’.
Heads of NHPC Regional offices, Power Stations, Projects and other NHPC officials also attended the session through video conference.
Speaking on the occasion, YK Chaubey pressed upon the need of heightened vigil against emerging cyber challenges to protect critical power generating equipment which are also a critical information infrastructure of the nation.
During the session, Major General Manjeet Singh emphasized upon the emerging challenges in keeping cyberspace secured and various Government of India initiatives in protecting sovereign cyber space.
He appreciated NHPC power stations for round the clock power generation, various measures taken by NHPC to strengthen the cyber security posture in the organisation and the lead role being played by NHPC as CERT-Hydro in implementing cyber security measures in hydro utilities.
RP Goyal, Director (Finance) said that cyber security incidents are rising exponentially and we must be utmost vigil in our work to avoid cyber security breach.
Biswajit Basu, Director (Projects) addressed about some of the recent Cyber attacks and mentioned that the country is losing millions of money on cyber-attack from disruption in business activity. He also mentioned that ensuring cyber security of IT and OT infrastructure is our collective responsibility.
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