India needs to focus on research and development to build its technology independence roadmap and strategy to bolster its aim to gain self reliance in technology.
India has a strong ecosystem of academic and R&D institutions with industry and startup. India can build its research and development capabilities to position itself as the R&D hub for the world, especially for Cyber Security.
The research and development efforts of the academia and R&D institutions, industry and startups however need to synergies their efforts in technology and engineering to build the India stack in technology.
MeitY R&D in Cyber Security Group has embarked on seeking multi stakeholder consultations for the roadmaps for various thrust areas viz IoT Security, Mobile Security, Cyber Forensics, Quantum Technology, Cryptography. The team is conducting multi-stake holder consultation meets at four regions of country for each roadmap, that shall be followed by inter-ministerial consultation at Delhi before its submission to NITI Aayog. The roadmap aligns to NITI Aayog’s strategy for Research and Development in the country.
Mobile security being critical and adaption making it ubiquitous in human lives.
India needs to develop indigenous tools and technologies and standards, for mobiile security.
The draft roadmaps are published on MeitY website to seek inputs from stakeholders:
1. Improvement in the draft technology roadmap proposed
2.Insights on emerging threats in the IoT Security landscape, not addressed in the roadmap.
3. Short term (5), medium (10-15years) and long term technology (15-25 years) targets missed if any in the roadmap
4. Proven research or tools that are available with your team, please submit with supporting documentary proofs.
Roadmap Highlights:
The roadmap comprehensively covers application layer security, network layer security, framework & OS layer security and device hardware layer security. The national mobile security priorities outlined in the draft roadmap include, but are not limited to the following:
Short Term (0-3 Years):
In the short term, focus would be on Proactive Mobile End-Point Protection, AI Enabled App & User Behavior Analysis, Software Composition Analysis (SCA), Context-Aware Security, VAPT & Threat Analysis, Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) at Platform Layer, Zero-Trust Mobile Security, Blockchain Enabled Mobile Security, SIM Card Based Mobile Security & Mobile Security futureLABS
Mid Term (3-5 years):
In the mid-term, the roadmap envisions establishing platforms forImmutable Mobile Device Identity, Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP), Physio & Behavioral Authentication, Network Layer Security ( 5G / 6G ) & Edge Computing, Privacy-Preserving Technologies (Homomorphic Encryption,Differential Privacy, Secure Multiparty Computation (SMPC)) , AI & Cloud Enabled Mobile Threat Defense (MTD), AI Powered Advanced Malware Detection & Mobile Forensics, National Level Collaborative Threat Intelligence Platform, Mobile Baseline Security & Evaluation Standards and Blockchain Enabled Firmware Over The Air ( FOTA)
Long term (5-10 years):
In the long term, the roadmap focuses on Self-Healing Mobile Devices, Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) enabled Mobile Security, Cognitive Mobile Security Analytics, On-Device Anomaly Detection using AI, Virtualization & Isolated Execution Environments (VIEE) and Trusted Computing Base & Indigenous Hardware Platform
The roadmap also includes creating a vibrant Mobile Security ecosystem involving startups, industry, R&D organisations and academia
Goal 2047 (2035-2047)
Potential areas of focus: Self Defending Security, Quantum Backed Security, Sentient Security, Digital Mobile Twins, Space-Based Security, loT device security integration, Human Augmentation Security Integration, Immersive Security (AR/VR), Neuromorphic Computing Based Mobile Security, Entire Indigenous Secure Mobile (Imbedded/Wearable/ Personal Assistant), Stack Mobile Security Roadmap
Disclaimer: The draft roadmap has been prepared by conducting multi-stakeholder consultations and are open for comments and suggestions. It is a constantly evolving process and roadmap shall be updated as per the comments received. The roadmap does not limit anyone to take up research in areas not covered, instead it is roadmap to guide the need for India’s digital technologies related to a Trusted and Secure mobile ecosystem
