MeitY tells ministries to tighten AI cyber defences, issue OEM guidelines

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has asked all ministries, state governments and regulators to immediately review their cybersecurity posture and implement recommendations by CERT-In to defend against AI-enabled cyber threats, while also directing them to issue newly released cybersecurity guidelines to technology vendors and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

In a June 10 letter, seen by HT, addressed to secretaries of all ministries and departments, chief secretaries of states and Union Territories and regulators including the RBI, Sebi, IRDAI and Nabard, MeitY secretary S Krishnan said, “The rapid growth and widespread availability of Artificial Intelligence (AI), including generative AI, large language models (LLMs), autonomous agents, and AI-driven automation tools, are significantly changing the cybersecurity landscape.”