NSDMA to conduct mock drill on IT blackout & cyber-attack

Kohima, June 26 (MExN): The Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) will be conducting a mock drill on IT blackout & cyber- attack from 11:00 am on June 27.

The mock drill will be held in collaboration with Department of Telecommunication, Government of India, Dimapur, Nagaland; Department of IT & Communication; Nagaland Police Telecommunication Organization; Cyber Crime PHQ, Kohima; National Informatics Centre (NIC), Nagaland; NIELIT, Meriema; Bharat Sanchar Nigham Limited, Nagaland; Bharti Airtel; Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited; Vodafone Idea Limited; and SymBios Creations Private Limited.

The sites earmarked for the IT blackout mock drill are: Secretariat Conference Hall, Kohima as Staging Area; incident sites identified are the Directorate of IT&C, BSNL Office, and SWAN Data Centre; Command Control Centre will be SEOC, NSDMA & Cyber Crime Branch, PHQ; and TSP which does not have an office in Kohima, will set up a makeshift office at the Directorate of IT&C.