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Centre considering ‘support’ for MSMEs, startups to comply with new cybersecurity norms
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is mulling over possible ‘considerations’ and ‘support’ that can be extended toward micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and startups to comply with the April 29 directions of the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In).
According to sources, this and other issues pertaining to the CERT-In directions were discussed during a meeting Minister of State in MeitY Rajeev Chandrasekhar held with representatives of industry bodies on Friday. The CERT-In directions bring in additional compliance requirements for all body corporate that cater to Indian citizens. Some of the provisions of reporting cybersecurity incidents within 6 hours, logging requirements, preserving logs, and so on, have raised concerns among major companies across the world.