Cyberdome, the hi-tech centre for cybersecurity being set up by the Kerala Police at the Technopark campus here, is expected to become operational by mid-November.
Inspector General of Police Manoj Abraham said the project was being established on the public-private partnership model with the technical support offered by IT companies. As many as 500 ethical hackers and cybersecurity experts would be involved in the project, he said while addressing an international workshop on cyberthreat-resilience here on Tuesday.
Mr. Abraham said Cyberdome would have centres for social media awareness, protection of children on the Internet, Internet monitoring and ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in service delivery. It would work on prevention of hacking and defacement of websites and child pornography.
The centre, he said, would also host an Anti-Cyber Terror Cell and a cybersecurity training unit. It would be equipped with an automated crime intelligence gathering unit and a unit for anti-piracy on the Internet.
The Cyberdome, Mr. Abraham, explained, would have facilities to analyse Skype and VOIP (Voice over Inernet Protocol) calls and deal with money laundering on the Internet. Policing the Dark Net would be another mandate of the Cyberdome.
Mr. Abraham said the State police had launched campaign to create awareness among schoolchildren. We are collaborating with IT firms to come up with technology solutions for traffic problems. Cyberdome would be open to new models of partnership to find solutions to emerging threats and challenges, he added.
