Cyber security expert, Vineet Kumar, a resident of Ranchi, has been selected for the National Youth Award 2014-15 for his contribution in the field of cyber security. The Awards has been initiated by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to felicitate young generation. Every year approximately 12 people are selected from various social services sphere, who have contributed in the growth and sustainable development of society for the prize.
Kumar with other recipients will also interact with PM Narendra Modi on the theme ‘how youth can be involved in nation building’ during the award ceremony.
Kumar, who is currently working in Jharkhand on various projects related to cyber security, is also associated with several state government projects including providing support and assistance to police department. As a guest lecturer, Kumar is also trying to create awareness among the denizens about the secure and proper use of New Media. “Our motto is to create awareness among all age group. Cyber crimes are constantly rising especially among youths. School and college students easily fall prey to incidents like stalking, fake accounts, morphed photographs and other internet related crimes,” informed Kumar.
To make netizens well versed about various factors of cyber security, Kumar started two organizations to provide assistance to the people and combat several crimes related to internet and use of technology. “Cyber peace foundation (CPF) and National anti hacking group established in the year 2003 are working to combat cyber crime. CPF focuses on creating awareness, counseling, education and providing training to the citizens
including the government officials and law enforcement agencies.
“With the growth in internet and use of technology the world is preparing for cyber war by raising its own cyber military and cyber weapons. It has been said that the fifth dimension of war would be ‘cyber war’ which will have a devastating effect on the world’s information security. Devastation of internet security at any stage can result in anarchy as Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) of the countries would be affected,” added Kumar.
‘Cyber Mantrana’, a souvenir was also released by the organization in February 2016 to make people aware about the cyber world ranging from cyber law, cyber terrorism and cyber responsibility. Other ambitious projects of Kumar include E-Raksha and E-Kabaj. E-Raksha which aims at creating awareness about protection of the virtual identity of a child on the internet and would further target on several research projects to ensure save surfing among the students whereas E- kabaj targets on CII enhancement.
After completing masters degree from Cyber Defense and Information Assurance from Defense academy, United Kingdom and working for 15 years in the field of cyber security and modern technology, Kumar aspires to initiate research centre on cyber security and have been successful in signing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with several technical university like BIT, Mesra; University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Dehradun, Gujarat Technical University and Bikaner University.