CYBERSECURITY

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Context

C3iVazra, a surveillance system installed at the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) headquarters at Dwarka keeps track of the health of all the computers in its network, flagging attempts to hack into the system, malware in systems within the network, or malfunctioning programme being used.

C3iVazra

Installed in 2021, the Security Operation Centre (SoC) titled C3iVazra has protected the computers that monitor the highways across the country and has alerted them about potential dangers.
C3iVazra provides supervisory monitoring by gathering the real-time event, and log feeds from the endpoints, packet data from the network and the internet, and processes these feeds to generate threat intelligence and ensure network security of the organization.
Major benefits of this solution are increased efficiency in incident response, reduced impact of security breaches, better reporting and notification, log analysis, and retention.
The SoC, the first one in the country based fully on open-source components and integration, was developed by the Cyberphysical systems Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) or C3iHub set up at IIT Kanpur -- an R&D centre on cybersecurity in the country.

Self-Sovereign Identity

A self-sovereign identity (SSI) system based on blockchain technology has also been developed by C3iHub.
Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) is a technology that allows the users to have complete control over where and how the data personal to the user is used.
SSI uses a combination of technologies to give this control to the user through blockchain, zero-knowledge proofs, and digital signatures.
It is useful for securely storing a wide variety of personal information, including degrees, certificates, and identity proofs.

C3iHub

C3i (Cyber Security and Cyber Security for Cyber-Physical Systems) Innovation Hub has been set up to address the issue of cyber security of cyber-physical systems in its entirety.
From analyzing security vulnerabilities and developing tools to address them at various levels of system architecture, to translating these tools to deployment-ready software, to nucleating start-ups developing these tools at scale, to partnering with industries in this domain and co-development and transfer of these technologies, to training the next generation of cyber security researchers and professionals.
Key objectives of C3iHub
- R&D with Technology Institutes for Developing new tools and technologies in Cyber Security.
- Start-up program for co-developing Indigenous Cyber Security Technologies.
- Partnership program with Industries for co-development and transfer of these technologies.
- Training programs for Cyber Security researchers and professionals.