DoT notifies new cybersecurity rules for telecom operators

New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has notified the amended cybersecurity rules, despite apprehensions of the tech industry, as it feels the rules are needed to check the surge in cyber frauds including phishing.

The tech industry and experts have said the revised rules are too overarching, potentially bringing non-telecom firms under the ambit of the DoT while also compromising the privacy of consumers.

Officials, however, told ET that the rules will be mandatory only for the telecom operators which are licensees of the DoT and that other entities such as banks, financial institutions and insurance firms can come on board voluntarily.