The first phase of National Cyber Coordination Centre, set up to scan the country’s web traffic to detect cyber security threats, has been made operational now, Parliament was informed on August, 2017.
National Cyber Coordination Centre is an operational cyber security and e-surveillance agency in India.
It derives its power as per provisions of section 69B of the IT Act, 2000 and the rules notified thereunder.
It is intended to screen communication metadata and co-ordinate the intelligence gathering activities of other agencies.
Some of the components of NCCC include a cybercrime prevention strategy, cybercrime investigation training, review of outdated laws, etc.
