What is the CyberDome Project? Explain how it can be useful in controlling internet crimes in India.

CyberDome is a technological research and development Centre of Kerala Police Department conceived as a Cyber Centre of excellence in cyber security as well as technology augmentation for effective policing. The main objective of CyberDome is to prevent cyber-crimes through the development of a cyber threat resilient ecosystem.

Useful in Controlling internet Crimes:

1. CyberDome makes a collective coordination among the Government departments and agencies, academia, research groups, non-profitable organisations, individual experts from the community, and ethical hackers.

2. The industry and the software/technology companies are providing their technical expertise and capabilities to assist the police in various fields of cyber security and technology augmentation for effective policing.

3. CyberDome has also launched a covert cyber-surveillance and infiltration programme to crack down on child pornography.

4. A software called Privacy Tracker has been developed in a partnership model for preventing piracy of films.

5. Ransomware School started under the CyberDome Project to understand, analyse and mitigate ransomware infections.

CyberDome project is designed to meet long term security challenges in the digital arena of modern world by bridging the gap between latest changes and innovations in the cyber space and skill set development of Kerala Police in combating the emerging cyber threats. This should be replicated in other States also.