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Defence Cyber Agency
The Defence Cyber Agency (DCyA) is a tri-service command of the Indian Armed Forces. Headquartered in New Delhi, the agency is tasked with handling cyber security threats. The DCyA draws personnel from all three branches of the Armed Forces. The head of the DCyA is an officer of two-star rank, and reports to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) through the Integrated Defence Staff (IDS). Indian Navy Rear Admiral Mohit Gupta was appointed in May 2019 as the first head of the DCyA. The DCyA was expected to be operational by November 2019. As of 2021, DCyA is fully operational with Army, Air Force and Navy established their respective Cyber Emergency Response Teams (CERT). History The Naresh Chandra Task Force was set up in July 2011 by National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon to review the recommendations of the Kargil Review Committee, assess the implementation progress and further suggest new reforms related to national security. The task force was led by Naresh Chandra, retired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joint Warfare
Joint warfare is a military doctrine which places priority on the integration of the various service branches of a state's armed forces into one unified command. Joint warfare is in essence a form of combined arms warfare on a larger, national scale, in which complementary forces from a state's army, navy, air, and special forces are meant to work together in joint operations, rather than planning and executing military operations separate from each other. Its origins can be traced to the establishment in 1938 of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, the world's first joint higher command structure, though it should not be seen as the same level of "jointness" as Joint Chiefs of Staff. The United States Department of Defense, which endorses joint warfare as an overriding doctrine for its forces, describes it as "''team warfare''", which "requires the integrated and synchronized application of all appropriate capabilities. The synergy that results maximizes combat capability in unifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy
Air Chief Marshal Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy PVSM, AVSM, VM & Bar, ADC (born January 1943) is a former Air Officer in the Indian Air Force (IAF). He served as the 19th Chief of the Air Staff from 2001 to 2004. He raised the first electronic warfare squadron in the Indian Air Force. He has the rare distinction of having commanded three operational commands of the IAF - the Western, South-Western and Central Air Commands. Early life and education Krishnaswamy was born on 18 January 1943 in Madras. He completed his schooling as well as his college education in the same city. Military career Krishnaswamy was commissioned as a fighter pilot in December 1961. In the early years of his service, he flew the Hawker Hunter, the Folland Gnat and the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, he flew the Gnats and was mentioned in dispatches. Subsequently, he was trained in the United Kingdom to become a test pilot. On his return, he joined the Aircraft and System ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cyber Warfare Forces
Many countries around the world maintain military units that are specifically trained to operate in a cyberwarfare environment. In several cases this units acts also as the national computer emergency response team for civilian cybersecurity threats. Albania * Military Cyber Security Unit (''Një e Sigurisë Kibernetike'') Argentina * Joint Cyber Defense Command of the Armed Forces Joint Staff (''Comando Conjunto de Ciberdefensa del Estado Mayor Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas'') ** Cyberdefense Operations Center (''Centro de Operaciones de Ciberdefensa'') ** Cyberdefense Engineering Center (''Centro de Ingenieria de Ciberdefensa'') ** Security Operations Intelligent Center (''Centro Inteligente de Operaciones de Seguridad'') * National Cyberdefense Center (''Centro Nacional de Ciberdefensa'') ** Informatic Energencies Response Center of the Defense Ministry (''Centro de Respuesta ante Emergencias Informáticas del Minisetrio de Defensa'') ** Cybernetic Analysis Laboratory (''La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
