India
should learn from the recent cyber-security agreement between Russia and China where
both of the countries have agreed to not launch cyber-security attack against
each other said an Indian cyber-security expert on Thursday.
J.
Prasanna, cyber-security expert and one of the founders of Cyber Security and
Privacy Foundation (CSPF), an organization which solves the cyber security
problems, said that India should join such initiatives as it provides a chance
to share information among law enforcements of different countries.
“The
agreement is good for China and Russia,” he said.
“However,
such agreements are only possible when both of the sides (countries) have equal
capabilities,” said Prasanna. “Similarly, they should have advanced cyber
capabilities.”
According to the agreement, which was
signed on May 8 and provided by The Wall Street Journal, Russia and
China agreed to share information between law enforcement agencies, share
technologies and ensure security of information infrastructure.
Similarly, these countries have agreed
to not “destabilize the internal political and socio-economic atmosphere,"
or "interfere with the internal affairs of the state".
The agreement is said to be the result
of the revelations about US and Western nation hacking and surveillance
operations by former US National Security Agency contractor, Edward Snowden.
After the revelations, Russian lawmakers had demanded for tighter control over
the Internet.
It is also believed that the agreement
shows that Beijing and Moscow support changes to global Internet governance
that would reduce the traditional role of the U.S.
Last year, Russian Communication
Minister Nikolai Nikiforov said Russia was preparing an action plan as a backup
plan in case the segment of the Internet was shut down from outside.
“For Russia the agreement with China
to cooperate on cyber security is an important step in terms of pivoting to the
East,” Oleg Demidov, a cyber-security consultant at the PIR Center, an
independent think tank focusing on international security, told to The Wall
Street Journal. “The level of cooperation between Russian and China will set
a precedent for two global cyber security powers,” Mr. Demidov said.
