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What is Cyber Dome Project? Explain how it can be useful in controlling internet crimes in India. (UPSC MAINS 2019)

• Cyber dome Project is conceived by Technological Research and Development Centre of Kerala Police as a public-police participation model is aimed at combating emerging cyber threats through effective policing. 
• Cyber dome is a Centre of Excellence for Kerala Police, to meet the long-term security challenges in the digital arena of the modern world, by bridging the gap between the latest changes and innovations in the cyber space and the skill set development of Kerala Police, in combating the emerging cyber threats. 
• Cyber dome is conceived as a Cyber Centre of excellence in cyber security as well as technology augmentation for effective policing. 
• It envisages as a high tech public-private partnership Centre of collaboration for different stakeholders in the domain of cyber security and handling of cybercrimes, in a proactive manner. 
• It is envisaged as a collaboration Centre for both the public and private fraternity to converge and share information, as well as resources that will escalate the safety of our cyber space. It can be useful in controlling internet crimes in India. 
• One of the main objectives of the Cyberdome is to prevent cyber-crimes through the development of a cyber threat resilient ecosystem to defend against the growing threat of cyber-attacks by synergizing with other departments and nodal agencies of the State. 
• Cyberdome makes a collective coordination among the Government departments and agencies, academia, research groups, non-profitable organizations, individual experts from the community, ethical hackers, private organizations, and other law enforcement agencies in the country, with an aim of providing a safe and secure cyber world for each and every citizen in the state. 
• Cyber Intelligence: Cyber dome has a key role in providing insights for cyber intelligence by tracking and analysing the activities of the cyber world. 
• Social media analytics, anti-piracy measures on the internet, virtual policing, monitoring of online sex rackets, preventing child pornography, and countering cyber terror activities are the key focus areas. 
• Cyberdome is operating an online office of technical experts, ethical hackers, and competent cyber security professionals, who assist the police in the area of cyber security, cybercrime investigation and domain knowledge updating. 
• Cyber security: Primary focus area of Cyber dome is cyber security as the protection of the departmental systems, networks and data in cyberspace. 
• Cyber forensics have been developed to track the area of crime and develop knowledge about them. 
• In March 2017, Cyberdome notched up a remarkable victory when it forewarned the Kerala government of a possible ransomware attack. 
• Cyber dome is to provide continuous attention that is required to protect sensitive government and personal digital assets to safeguard national security. 
• Ethical hackers working for Cyberdome had exposed a vital security vulnerability in the State’s Integrated Financial Management System. 
• Cyberdome has developed cyber-surveillance tools to detect and convict those responsible for industrial espionage. The tools unearth moles that lie deep in critical information networks and siphon off data clandestinely. 
• Cyberdome has used social engineering as the lynchpin of its policing strategy to snoop on radical groups that use the net for extremist activities. 
• Law enforcers often use deception as a tool to insinuate themselves into such shadowy groups. They use fictitious online identities to manipulate suspects about divulging actionable information. 
• Cyberdome has launched a covert cyber-surveillance and infiltration programme to crack down on child pornography. 
• Images of children captured furtively on mobile phones are increasingly finding their way to porn websites, and Kerala is a significant contributor. The operation, code-named P-Hunt, resulted in the arrest of 22 persons in March. 
• Various activities such as organizing workshops in cyber security for police officials, government departments, and for school and college students are also being planned to be undertaken under Cyber Dome.

Conclusion 
Thus, Cyber dome helps in building expertise in cyber security and transferring technologies, enforcing policies, offering services and building products to create a secure ecosystem for the technology tailored society.

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