ENA Sectors 2018-11-12 09:46:30 <p><strong>New Delhi, Nov 12 (KNN) </strong>The Information Technology &amp; Electronics (IT&amp;E) Department of West Bengal has selected Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT) as its knowledge partner for cyber security.</p> <p>The move was a part of West Bengal Governments strategy of having centres of excellence for emerging technologies like blockchain, artificial intelligence and cyber security.</p> <p>The university, which runs a number of courses on cyber security, will set up a centre of excellence in this regard, where a consortium of leading institutions will be providing lessons on tackling cyber threats.</p> <p>In this regard, the IT&amp;E Department has also invited institutions who want to help set up a helpline for cyber crime victims.</p> <p>In the works is also a list of simple dos and donts for guidance of people and departments when cyber attacks happen, especially in critical infrastructures like power, traffic, transportation, metros, airports, etc.</p> <p>The State Government has also come up with a Cyber Security Centre of Excellence for the purpose of collection, analysis and dissemination of information related to cyber security.</p> <p>With this, the government believes that around 1 lakh cyber security jobs can be created annually.</p> 21279 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/wb-ite-dept-selects-makaut-as-its-knowledge-partner-for-cyber-security 2018-11-12 09:46:30 knnindia.co.in