Secrecy of Govt of india Digital files

The Government is aware of the threats to digital information and has taken appropriate steps to safeguard sensitive information.Government has issued computer security guidelines to all Ministries/Departments to protect Information Technology infrastructure assets and implementation of best practices so as to maintain confidentiality of classified/sensitive data and information in their computer systems/networks. The organizations operating critical information infrastructure have been advised to implement information security management practices based on International Standard ISO 27001. National Informatics Centre (NIC) is continuously strengthening the security of the network operated by them and its services by enforcing security policies, conducting regular security audits and deploying various technologies at different levels of the network to defend against the newer attack techniques. The Information Technology Act, 2000 as amended by the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 has been enforced on 27.10.2009. The Act provides legal framework to address the issues connected with security breaches of information technology infrastructure.