Electronic and Postal Communications (Computer Emergency Response
Team)
G.N. No. 419 (contd)
resolutions, and tries to prevent any computer related
security incidents to a defined constituency;
“CERT service” means proactive or reactive services aimed at
prevention or resolution of computer related security
incidents;
“constituency” means people or organizations that the CERT is
designed to serve or support;
“cyber security” means protecting information or any form of
digital asset stored in computer, computer devices,
communication devices or digital memory device
from unauthorised access, use, disclosure, disruption,
modification or destruction;
“computer security” means administrative and technical
measure to attain a secure computing environment free
from risk or danger by mitigating the vulnerabilities
associated with usage of computer or any device with
data processing capabilities;
“filtering” means prevention of submission, transfer or delivery
of email messages, removal of malware endangering
information security messages, or other similar
technical measures;
“information security” means the administrative and technical
measures taken to ensure that data is only accessible by
those who are entitled to use it, modified by those who
are entitled to do so, and that information system can be
used by those who are entitled to use them;
“malicious traffic” means traffic that may endanger the
functioning of internet service or may, in essence,
weaken the usability of internet;
“National CERT” means a computer emergency response team
established under section 124 of the Act;
“service provider” means a legal entity holding application
service licence;
“security incident” means the act of violating an explicit or
implied security policy, which includes attempts to gain
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