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Karnataka is apt to soon person a state-of-the-art Integrated Command Centre exclusively dedicated to powering the Cyber Command Unit (CCU), which houses aggregate wings, including cybercrime and cyber security.
According to a Home Department source, the CCU has projected mounting up the Karnataka Cyber Command Centre (K4C), with its office successful Bengaluru and mini hubs successful each districts.
The CCU, which was acceptable up mid-last year, presently houses cybercrime, cyber security, and the Information Disorder Tackling Unit (IDTU). However, the CCU lacks a modern attack and the required exertion to woody with the evolving cybercrime landscape. Although the CCU exists connected paper, it does not yet person its ain caput office.
The connection seeks to found a dedicated portion and to adhd much wings, specified arsenic in-house exertion development, specialised units to tackle crimes against children and women, and skilling units.
According to sources, the task is estimated to outgo astir ₹400 crore and is expected to beryllium implemented wrong the adjacent 3 months. The project’s operation is inspired by institutions specified arsenic the FBI’s Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (RCFL), INTERPOL’s Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI), and Singapore’s CSA Labs.
The connection follows directions from the Ministry of Home Affairs and observations made by Justice M. Nagarprasanna regarding the Cyber Command Centre (CCC), which is present CCU.
“Cyber Command Centre (CCC) should not beryllium a specified edifice of bureaucracy, but a paradigm shift, a beacon heralding a caller dawn successful the combat against cybercrime. Giving it teeth successful its existent position would beryllium making the CCC look arsenic a new-age antidote to conscionable the new-age crimes. Therefore, it indispensable beryllium robustly fortified,” Justice Nagarprasanna had observed successful 2025.
What is the proposal?
To found the bid centre, the connection seeks the recruitment and grooming of specialised domain experts, the constitution of AI-powered innovation labs, and a 24x7 information and web operations centre. It besides envisages an intelligence-driven hub with 176 specialists crossed 11 specialised verticals (see box), AI-powered lawsuit investigation systems, innovation labs, and predictive policing, empowering 270 unit crossed 45 CEN stations.
The connection besides includes the constitution of forensic-enabled mini hubs and the integration of regional, national, and planetary portals for seamless collaboration. Additionally, it seeks to see Karnataka-Computer Emergency Response Team (K-CERT) and integrate the centre with 14C and CERT-In for nationalist alignment.
Once the mini hubs are established, the Integrated Command Centre volition link each mini hubs crossed Karnataka for real-time lawsuit coordination and assets allocation, reducing effect times to little than 14 hours.
It besides proposes an planetary portal to facilitate partnerships with INTERPOL, the FBI, and planetary cybersecurity hubs, coordinated by 10 planetary liaison officers, to combat cross-border crimes specified arsenic ransomware and cryptocurrency scams.
What’s the objective?
With the mounting up of the Cyber Command Centre, the program envisions that by 2030, incidental effect times volition beryllium accelerated by 40% (from astir 24 hours to 14 hours) done AI-driven predictive policing. It besides aims to trim cybercrime losses by 30% and summation convictions by 50% (from 0.23% to 0.345%), targeting astir 2,970 convictions from 8,620 yearly cases, done precocious forensics.
