Cert-In extends deadline for VPN cybersecurity norms till Sept 25

10pointer30 Jun, 2022Education

10POINTER-The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has given a breather to the providers of virtual private network (VPN) service in the country. The cyber agency has granted them another three months to comply with its new rules. What is in the new rules? The new cybersecurity norms have asked VPN service providers along with data centres and cloud service providers to store information such as names, email IDs, contact numbers, and IP addresses (among other things) of their customers for five years.