CyberCrimes / DigitalIndia /
e-Governance
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Economic Times ( 09 Jan ) carries following news
report :
Cops Must Curb Cybercrime : PM
PM Shri Modi , in his valedictory
address at the Director General of Police ( DGP ) and Inspector General of
Police ( IGP ) conference organized by the Intelligence Bureau ( IB ) , said :
“ Cyber security issues should be dealt
with immediately and should receive highest priority
Just as openness is
getting increased acceptance worldwide, there is need for greater openness
among states too, on security issues.. Security cannot be achieved selectively,
or alone. But breaking of silos and information sharing among states can help
make everyone more secure "
I suppose , Shri Modi left it to the DGPs and IGPs to figure out , how to break silos and share crime-related information
But a deep-grained attitude of “ hold it close to the chest “ any info , will not go away by such
exhortation alone !
I urge Shri Modi to
resort to technology , in order to AUTOMATE the process of INFORMATION-SHARING , as outlined in my
following earlier email :
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Can
e-Governance help eliminate corruption ?
Most
certainly
Look
at the following , partial list of Central and State Agencies set up to fight
fraud , money-laundering , corruption , tax-evasion , economic crimes etc :
·
Public Accounts Committee
( PAC )
· Central Vigilance Commission
( CVC )
· Central Information Commission
( CIC )
· Research and Analysis
Wing (
RAW )
· Serious Fraud Investigation Office (
SFIO )
· Information
Bureau
( IB )
· Economic Offence
Wing
( EOW )
· Central Bureau of
Investigation ( CBI )
· Department of Revenue Intelligence ( DIR )
· Comptroller and Auditor
General ( CAG )
· Anti Corruption Bureaus ( States ).... (
ACB )
· Enforcement
Directorate
( ED )
· Lok Ayukts ( States
)
· Lok Pal
( Central )
Despite
such an army of Agencies , how do corrupt manage to get away ?
Or
, in case caught , manage to delay delivery of punishment for years ?
No
doubt , there must be several reasons , including , inter - agency rivalry to
get credit - something difficult to eliminate altogether
But
, I believe , the most important reason is :
Lack
of a COMMON / COMPUTERIZED database of all offences / cases / persons
being investigated
And
, which is readily " Accessible " to all of these Agencies , all over
the country ( 24 * 365 )
Already
, every Agency compiles huge dossiers on " Suspects " in its
own
"
Departmental Database " , which is never shared with other Agencies ,
leading
to ,
·
Huge amount of duplication of efforts / information
·
Fractured / scattered profiles of " Suspects "
·
Enormous waste of time / resources
What will help ?
· Dismantling of individual departmental databases
· Merging of all Agency-wise databases
into a SINGLE / UNIQUE database
· All Agencies to enter their findings / data / info
into this COMMON
database
, with nothing preserved on local computers
· All data-entry FORMS to be ONLINE . No paper forms at
all
· All local computers connected to ultra-secure Network
( Encrypted )
· " Access Rights " to
individuals , based on Biometric Identification
Can we look forward to a NDA Minister taking a lead in this matter by adopting
following innovation ?
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