- The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) of India and the United Kingdom Government in collaboration with BAE Systems successfully conducted the Cyber Security Exercise for 26 nations.
- The Exercise has been conducted as part of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative- Resilience Working Group which is being led by India's National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC).
- The theme of the Exercise was focused on the Energy Sector in which the respective National Cyber Crisis Management Teams of the CRI Partner Nations had to deal with ransomware attacks on multiple electricity discoms.
- The objective behind organizing Cyber Exercise on Ransomware Resilience was to simulate widespread cyber security incidents affecting organizations within a country.
- National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC) is the Agency Executive of the National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC) and is responsible for formulating the National Cyber Security Strategy at the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS). Lt. Gen. Rajesh Pant (Retd.) is the current National Cyber Security Coordinator.
Question:
Q.1 Recently Cyber Security Exercise on Ransomware Resilience was conducted by?a. India-Bangladesh
b. India-UK
c. India-USA
d. India-France
