[ by Kavita Krishnan ]The Kerala Police department conceived a cyber centre in the state for giving a boost to cybercrime investigation in north Kerala. Two cybercrime investigation units started functioning in Kozhikode on 4th January 2020. A Cyber Police station and a regional unit of the Cyberdome of the state police were inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.With the opening of...
The Kerala Police department conceived a cyber centre in the state for giving a boost to cybercrime investigation in north Kerala. Two cybercrime investigation units started functioning in Kozhikode on 4th January 2020. A Cyber Police station and a regional unit of the Cyberdome of the state police were inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
With the opening of the first Cyber Police station in north Kerala, the officials are expecting to bring down the number cybercrime offences reported in the city.
According to the Cyberdome website, software/technology companies are providing their technical expertise and capabilities to assist the police in various fields of cyber security and technology augmentation for effective policing and operates an online office of technical experts, ethical hackers, and competent cyber security professionals, who assist the police in the area of cyber security, cyber crime investigation and domain knowledge updating.
The Cyberdome has several IT and internet security experts besides full time police officers. According to a senior official, apart from cybercrime offences being reported in Kozhikode, the station will handle cybercrime cases being reported in Kozhikode, Kannur, Wayanad and Kasaragod districts also. The cyber police station will be headed by a Station House Officer.
The special cybercrime investigation team is expected to assist the police in North Kerala to recover scientific evidences using cyber technology. The opening of the Cyberdome in Kozhikode would benefit cybercrime investigation in an effective and speedy manner.
The Cyberdome will focus on cyber security, cyber forensic, cyber intelligence, incident response, research and development and training and awareness creation.
The expert volunteer groups are expected to play significant role in understanding the identity of the cyber-criminal. The team will also work to tackle emerging cyber security threats. The Chief Minister commissioned the modern police control room in the city through video conference. He also assured that the shadow police system would be strengthened to ensure security to women.