Grey Zone Warfare
Grey-zone warfare is that space between peace and open conflict wherein coercion, deception and non-kinetic levers are used by nations to achieve their strategic goals.
Grey-zone warfare is that space between peace and open conflict wherein coercion, deception and non-kinetic levers are used by nations to achieve their strategic goals.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday stated that the world is in the age of Grey Zone and Hybrid warfare where cyber-attacks, disinformation campaigns, and economic warfare have become tools that can achieve politico-military aims without a single shot being fired.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that in recent years, there has been an expansion of digital infrastructure in the country, leading to an increase in the number of cyber attacks, with cybercrimes erasing geographical boundaries.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said out-of-the-box thinking is required to find solutions in the face of challenges such as attacks on critical infrastructure, cyber attacks, information warfare and radicalization of youth.
Cyber-attacks on the government and significant business websites are as much a reality as physical insurgency and terrorist attacks.
The National Cyber Security Coordinator, Lt General MU Nair, represented New Delhi at the meeting
Over two billion cyber attacks were blocked in the third quarter (Q3) this year, 70 per cent of which (more than 1.6 billion) originated from India, a report showed on Monday.
Indian CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers) said they struggle at some level to get support from the executive board for the resources needed to maintain cybersecurity strength, a new report said on Tuesday.
Thakur said the government has taken several measures to enhance the cyber security posture and prevent cyber-attacks.
The minister said the Department of Atomic Energy has specialist groups like Computer and Information Security Advisory Group (CISAG)
