CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Dileep Vishwakarma. Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the Ministry of Electronics and IT, in collaboration with the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, successfully designed and conducted the Cyber Security Exercise “Synergy” for 13 Countries.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is a nodal agency which deals with cybersecurity threats like hacking and phishing. It collects, analyses and disseminates information on cyber incidents, and also issues alert on cybersecurity incidents.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cybersecurity Exercises: These exercises provide stakeholders with effective and practical mechanisms to identify best practices, lessons learned, and areas for improvement in plans and procedures.

Detailed explanation-4: -February, 1883: August Kerckhoffs, a linguist and professor of German at HEC, published an article in the Journal of Military Science that was to go down in history.