भारतीय और सशस्त्र बलों द्वारा हाल ही में किए गए 'साइबर–ऑपरेशन (Cyberspace operations)' के लिए तरुण 'सिद्धांत' से तात्पर्य ऑपरेशनों के क्षमा-नाम प्रणाली में युद्ध क्षेत्र के लिए राहत–सुरक्षा विरोधी बजाओ। परीक्षा निर्देश: (10 अंक, 150 शब्द) Recently formulated 'Joint doctrine for cyberspace operations' by Indian armed forces will lead to strengthening of the cyber-security posture for both conventional operations as well as gray zone warfare. Examine. (10 marks, 150 words)

Joint doctrine for cyberspace operations by Armed forces will help in :-

i) Utilise the new technologies to counter cyber threats.

ii) Formulation of Special cyberforce for cyber-attacks by the enemy nation.

iii) Protection of critical infrastructure and classified information from cyber-attacks

iv) Enhanced capabilities in case of cyber war.

Conventional cyber-war by the enemy state to disrupt the economy and functioning of the country.

Gray zone warfare - activities short of full fledged warfare to disrupt the activities of the country.

v) Use of virus tunnel by OSA to disrupt the cyber nuclear technology of Iran.

The doctrine will complement the existing infrastructure for cybersecurity :-

i) Legal : IT Act 2000, BNS.

ii) Agencies - CERT-IN, National coordination center (NAC)

iii) NCIPC - National Critical Infrastructure Protection center.

iv) Tools such as - malware removal bots.

Indian army can also use counter-offensive to disrupt enemy infrastructure.

It follows the quote - "New age war will not be fought on the battle field but in the nubles".

The emergence of newer technologies such as quantum tech, Artificial intelligence, ML, cloud computing and supercomputer make the threats of cyber war even more real.

The joint doctrine of Indian Army will help in this regard.