NSCS takes charge of cybersecurity oversight in India

NEW DELHI: Government has made the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) the nodal agency for dealing with the growing threats to cyber security.

As per a notification issued late Friday evening, PM-led NSCS has been mandated “to provide overall coordination and strategic direction for cyber security” in addition to assisting the National Security Adviser, the principal adviser on national security matters to the PM and the council.

So far the job was the concern of the Cabinet Secretariat.