India’s Cybersecurity Policy: Evolution and Trend Analyses

This book examines India’s public policies on cybersecurity and their evolution over the past few decades. It shows how threats and vulnerabilities in the domain have forced nation-states to introduce new policies to protect digital ecosystems. It charts the process of securitisation of cyberspace by the international system from the end of the 20th century to the present day. It also explores how the domain has become of strategic interest for many states and the international bodies which eventually developed norms and policies to secure the domain.

Consequently, the book discusses the evolution of cybersecurity policy at global level by great powers, middle powers, and states of concern and compares them with the Indian context. It also highlights the requirement of introducing/improving new cybersecurity guidelines to efficiently deal with emerging technologies such as 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data (BD), Blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), and cryptocurrency.

The book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of cybersecurity, public policy, politics, and South Asian studies.

Thangjam K. Singh has dedicated 20 years of experience on security-related affairs in different capacities at think tanks, governmental office, and academic institutions. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor at the Centre for Security Studies, School of National Security Studies, Central University of Gujarat. Earlier, he taught at the Department of National Security Studies, Central University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. Before joining the universities, he worked as Officer on Special Duty (Information Analyst) at the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), Government of India, New Delhi, and handled multiple desks. He also served as a researcher at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (now MP-IDSA), New Delhi, and was associated with the Centre for Net Assessment and the Centre for Terrorism and Internal Security.