Coast Guard should be alert to cyber assaults, data breach: Rajnath Singh | India News

NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday known as upon Indian coast guard to be alert to rising unconventional threats from cyber assaults, data breach and radar disruption, as well as to standard warfare.
“India is surrounded by sea on three sides and its coastline is vast. The nation’s strategic security faces two types of threats: the first is war which is dealt by armed forces, and the second are the challenges of piracy, terrorism, infiltration, smuggling and illegal fishing for which the marine forces, especially coast guard, are always alert,” the defence minister mentioned.
The minister appreciated the drive laying the muse of the digital coast guard mission, which, he mentioned, would successfully take care of standard and unconventional threats.
He mentioned govt has elevated funds allocation for coast guard by greater than 26% to modernise the drive. Rs 9,677 crore offered on this 12 months’s funds will assist the drive purchase 14 quick patrol vessels, six air cushion automobiles, 22 interceptor boats, six subsequent technology offshore patrol vessels and 18 subsequent technology quick patrol vessels. The recent acquisitions have already been authorized by the defence ministry, he mentioned.
The minister conferred gallantry, distinguished service, and meritorious service medals to coast guard personnel throughout an investiture ceremony held at Bharat Mandapam within the capital. Singh asserted that the imaginative and prescient of a safe and affluent India can solely be realised if its safety system is strong and the forces are sturdy.
Lauding the achievements of the drive, Rajnath mentioned it has managed to safe Indian coast by apprehending 14 boats and 115 pirates, aside from finishing up a serious drug seizure value about Rs 37,000 crore within the final one 12 months. TNN