Odisha: Cyber Security Operation Centre to protect govt data from hackers

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated a state-of-the-art Cyber Security Operation Centre at OCAC here.

The centre will help protect data, applications and ICT infrastructure of the state from security threats. The CSOC has been set up by state Electronics & IT Department and OCAC.

The CSOC has been set up using latest security technologies and tools. The system is fully automated and will ensure protection of government information and data from possible threat by hackers.

State Data Centre, State Wide Area Network and Secretariat Network have been integrated with the CSOC.

As it is an independent infrastructure, more IT setups can be integrated in future. The features like Bug Bounty, real-time threat intelligence feed, independent scalable infrastructure etc. make it unique across the country in Government space. This facility was set up within 6 months’ time.