Back in May, India's CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) came up with new cybersecurity policies that required VPN providers to store user data, and these were set to go live on June 27. , after much backlash, CERT-In has decided to delay the new VPN policy by three months. Here are the details to know.
India delays VPN rules to log customers' Data after 3 months
CERT-in has now announced that the new VPN policy will now take effect from September 25, giving VPN providers more time to comply with the new rules. CERT-In extends timelines for maintaining cybersecurity guidelines to 25 September 2022 for MSMEs and for subscriber/customer validation aspects. For details visit https://t.co/Biq8LVAvwrhttps://t.co/WF4mJv3jO4 — CERT-In (@IndianCERT) June 28, 2022
CERT-In extends timelines for maintaining cybersecurity guidelines to 25 September 2022 for MSMEs and for subscriber/customer validation aspects. For details visit https://t.co/Biq8LVAvwrhttps://t.co/WF4mJv3jO4 — CERT-In (@IndianCERT) June 28, 2022
In an official press release, it is revealed that "MeitY and CERT-In are receiving requests to extend the implementation timelines of these Cyber Security Directions from 28 April 2022 in respect of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Additional time has been sought." for the implementation of a mechanism for validating subscribers/customers of data centers, Virtual Private Server (VPS) providers, Cloud Service providers and Virtual Private Network Service (VPN Service) providers."
