IIT takes up Rs.8-crore project

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Madras, as part of a consortium of eight institutions in the State, has taken up a "cyber security" research project with Rs.8 crore funding from the Central Government.
While the objective is to ensure "smart and secure environment," the three-year project is expected to come out with tools and techniques that will ensure a working environment free of hacking and intrusion and provide self-protection to users.
S.V. Raghavan, Professor and Head of Network Systems Laboratory, IIT-Madras, told The Hindu here on Thursday that Rs.1 crore was being given to each partner institution involved in the project. He was here to take part in a conference on `Computational Intelligence and Information Security,' organised by the Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE).
Dr. Raghavan said the consortium would dwell into all issues related to user behaviour and multi-dimensional changes taking place in networking.
The institutions involved in this project are: IIT-Madras, Anna University, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchi, Madurai Kamaraj University and Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, P.S.G. College of Technology, Coimbatore, Pondicherry University and Alagappa University, Karaikudi.
`Kargils in technology'
Earlier, addressing the delegates, Dr. Raghavan said, "there are several potential weak points in computer environment and in technology plane.
"There are several Kargils in view of the threats from adversaries to erase the country's database," he said.

Source : Hindu