READIT-2007 - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Under the circumstances, the Library and Information professionals may face any kind of
cyber crimes discussed in this article at any point of time. So, it is the need of the hour that the
LIS professionals should be aware of the different types of cyber crimes.
8. CYBER CRIME POLICE CELLS
Since the number of cyber crimes increases in India, the Central Bureau of Investigations
(CBI) has established a separate cell to look after the cyber crimes. Further, State Governments
were also requested to establish separate cells to take care of cyber crimes and Karnataka was the
first state to set up a Cyber Crime Police Station in 2001 to register and investigate cyber crimes
under the jurisdiction of Karnataka state. Following Karnataka, few other states started
establishing cyber crime cells and the details are furnished in Table-1.
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No.
Table: 1: URL of Cyber Crime Police Cells in India
City / State
Uniform Resource Locator
1 Bangalore, Karnataka www.cyberpolicebangalore.nic.in
2 Chennai, Tamilnadu www.chennaicitypolice.org/cyber.htm
3 Cuttack, Orissa http://orissapolice.nic.in/news/cyber.htm
4 Delhi, CBI Cyber Crime Cell http://cbi.nic.in
5 Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh www.cidap.gov.in/cybercrimes.aspx
6 Mumbai, Maharashtra http://www.cybercellmumbai.com/
Now, Cyber Labs are also being established in India to help cyber crime police and the
first Cyber lab in South India was established in Bangalore. Already such labs are functioning in
Thane and Mumbai. The cyber lab will provide training to police officers, prosecutors, military
police officers, bank officials, and others. It will train state police officers on cyber crime and
related issues.
9. PREVENTION OF CYBER CRIMES
‘Prevention is better than cure’ is not only meant for human health but for computers as
well. It is always better to take necessary steps to prevent cyber crimes. The following are some
of the useful tips to prevent cyber crimes to some extent.
DOs
• Ensure using a security program that gives you control over cookies that send
information back to Web sites.
• If your Web site serves up dynamic content from a database, consider putting that
database behind a second interface on your firewall, with tighter access rules than the
interface to your server.
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