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Zero Trust Authentication

December 27 , 2023 207 days 267 0
  • The Centre has set up a secure e-mail set-up for 10,000 users in critical ministries and departments.
  • The e-mail system that works on Zero Trust Authentication (ZTA) has been designed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC).
  • The 10,000 emails span across 17 union ministries and departments.
  • For this, User name and passwords are not enough, now a two-factor authentication has been activated.
  • Other than passwords, facial recognition or biometrics is required.
  • The log-in and log-out times are recorded and monitored.
  • 165 data breach incidents involving citizen data were observed from January 2018 till October 2023.

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